**Exhibit 10.3**

 

**$8,000,000.00**

 

**REVOLVING LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT**

 

by and between 

 

**HEALTHMONT, INC., a Tennessee corporation**

**HEALTHMONT OF GEORGIA, INC., aTennessee corporation**

**(dba Memorial Hospital of Adel, Memorial Convalescent Center**

**and Memorial Home Health)**

**HEALTHMONTOF TEXAS, INC., a Tennessee corporation**

**HEALTHMONT OF TEXAS I, LLC, a Tennessee limited liability company**

**(dba Dolly Vinsant Memorial Hospital)**

**HEALTHMONT OF OREGON I, INC., a Tennessee corporation**

**HEALTHMONT OF OREGON II, INC., a Tennessee corporation**

**HEALTHMONT OF OREGON III, INC., a Tennessee corporation**

**(dba Woodland Park Medical Plaza)**

**HEALTHMONT OF OREGON V, LLC, a Tennesseelimited liability company**

**(dba Woodland Park Hospital)**

**HEALTHMONT OF OREGON IV, LLC, a Tennessee limited liability company**

**dbaEastmoreland Hospital**

(“Borrower”) 

 

and 

 

**HELLER HEALTHCARE FINANCE, INC.**

 

(“Lender”) 

 

August 31,2000 

**REVOLVING LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT**

 

**THIS REVOLVING LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT** (the “Agreement”)is made as of August 31, 2000, by and between **HEALTHMONT, INC.,**a Tennessee corporation, **HEALTHMONT OF GEORGIA, INC.,**a Tennessee corporation dba Memorial Hospital of Adel, Memorial Convalescent Center and Memorial Home Health,**HEALTHMONT OF TEXAS, INC.,**a Tennessee corporation, **HEALTHMONT OF TEXAS I, LLC,**a Tennessee limited liability company dba Dolly Vinsant Memorial Hospital **HEALTHMONT OF OREGON I, INC.,**a Tennessee corporation, **HEALTHMONT OFOREGON II, INC.,**a Tennessee corporation, **HEALTHMONT OF OREGON III, INC.,**a Tennessee corporation dba Woodland Park Medical Plaza, **HEALTHMONT OF OREGON****V**, **LLC,**a Tennessee limited liability company dba Woodland ParkHospital, **HEALTHMONT OF OREGON IV, LLC,**a Tennessee limited liability company dba Eastmoreland Hospital (collectively the “Borrower”), and **HELLER HEALTHCARE FINANCE, INC.,**a Delaware corporation (“Lender”).

 

**RECITALS**

 

A. Borrower desires to establish certain financing arrangements with andborrow funds from Lender, and Lender is willing to establish such arrangements for and make loans and extensions of credit to Borrower, on the terms and conditions set forth below. 

 

B. The parties desire to define the terms and conditions of their relationship and to reduce their agreements to writing.

 

**NOW, THEREFORE,**in consideration of the promises andcovenants contained in this Agreement, and for other consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are acknowledged, the parties agree as follows: 

 

**ARTICLE I**

 

**DEFINITIONS**

 

As used in this Agreement, unless otherwise specified, all references to “Sections” shall be deemed to refer to Sections of this Agreement, and the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

 

**Section 1.1. Account.** “Account” meansany right to payment for goods sold or leased or services rendered, whether or not evidenced by an instrument or chattel paper, and whether or not earned by performance, including, without limitation, the right to payment of management fees.

 

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**Section 1.2. Account Debtor.** “Account Debtor” means any Person obligated on anyAccount of Borrower, including without limitation, any Insurer and any Medicaid/Medicare Account Debtor. 

 

**Section 1.3. Affiliate.** “Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, any Person directly or indirectly controlling,controlled by, or under common control with the specified Person, including without limitation their stockholders and any Affiliates thereof. A Person shall be deemed to control a corporation or other entity if the Person possesses, directly orindirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and business of the corporation or other entity, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise. 

 

**Section 1.4. Agreement.** “Agreement” means this Loanand Security Agreement, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time. 

 

**Section 1.5. Base Rate.** “Base Rate” means a rate of interest equal to one and one-half percent (1.5%) above the “Prime Rate of Interest. 

 

**Section 1.6. Borrowed Money.** “Borrowed Money” meansany obligation to repay money, any indebtedness evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar obligations, any obligation under a conditional sale or other title retention agreement and the net aggregate rentals under any lease which under GAAPwould be capitalized on the books of Borrower or which is the substantial equivalent of the financing of the property so leased. 

 

**Section 1.7. Borrower.** “Borrower” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble. ****

 

**Section 1.8. Borrowing Base.** “Borrowing Base” has themeaning set forth in Section 2.1(d). 

 

**Section 1.9.Business Day.** “Business Day” means any day on which financial institutions are open for business in the State of Maryland, excluding Saturdays and Sundays. 

 

**Section 1.9.a. Change of Control.**“Change of Control” means (i) individuals who, as of the ClosingDate, constituted the board of directors of Borrower (together with any new directors whose election by that board of directors or whose nomination for election by the stockholders of Borrower was approved by two-thirds of the directors of Borrowerthen still in office who were either directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously approved) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the board of directors of Bcrrrower then in office,or (ii) a transfer of capital stock of Borrower occurs such that, immediately after giving effect to the transfer, Persons who held capital stock of Borrower immediately prior to the transfer do not continue to hold at least 67% of the capital stockof Borrower. 

 

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**Section 1.10. Closing; Closing Date.** “Closing” and “Closing Date” havethe meanings set forth in Section 5.3. 

 

**Section 1.11.Collateral.**“Collateral” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1. 

 

**Section 1.12. Commitment****Fee.** “Commitment Fee” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(a). 

 

**Section 1.13. Concentration Account.** “Concentration Account” has the meaning set forth in Section2.3. 

 

**Section 1.14. Controlled Group.**“Controlled Group” means all businesses that would be treated as a single employer under Section 400l(b) of ERISA. 

 

**Section 1.15. Cost Report Settlement Account.**“Cost Report Settlement Account” means an “Account” owed to Borrower by aMedicaid/Medicare Account Debtor pursuant to any cost report, either interim, filed or audited, as the context may require. 

 

**Section 1.16. Default Rate.** “Default Rate” means a rate per annum equal to five percent (5%) above the then applicable Base Rate.

 

**Section 1.17. ERISA.** “ERISA” has themeaning set forth in Section 4.12. 

 

**Section 1.18. Eventof Default.** “Event of Default” and “Events of Default” have the meanings set forth in Section 8.1. 

 

**Section 1.19. GAAP.** “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles applied in a consistent manner. 

 

**Section 1.20. Governmental Authority.** “GovernmentalAuthority” means and includes any federal, state, District of Columbia, county, municipal, or other government and any department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality thereof, whether domestic or foreign. 

 

**Section 1.21. Hazardous Material.** “HazardousMaterial” means any substances defined or designated as hazardous or toxic waste, hazardous or toxic material, hazardous or toxic substance, or similar term, by any environmental statute, rule or regulation or any Governmental Authorityapplicable to Borrower or its business, operations or assets. 

 

**Section 1.22. Highest Lawful Rate.** “Highest Lawful Rate” means the maximum lawful rate of interest referred to in Section 2.7 that may accrue pursuant to this Agreement. 

 

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**Section 1.23. Insurer.**“Insurer” means a Person that insures a Patient againstcertain of the costs incurred in the receipt by such Patient of Medical Services, or that has an agreement with Borrower to compensate Borrower for providing services to a Patient. 

 

**Section 1.24. Lender.** “Lender” means Heller Healthcare Finance, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

 

**Section 1.25. Loan.**“Loan” has themeaning set forth in Section 2.1 (a). 

 

**Section 1.26. LoanDocuments.**“Loan Documents” means and includes this Agreement, the Note, the Mortgage Documents, the Warrant, the Certificate of Validity, and each and every other document now or hereafter delivered in connection with thisAgreement, as any of them may be amended, modified, or supplemented from time to time. 

 

**Section 1.27. Loan Management Fee.** “Loan Management Fee” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(c). 

 

**Section 1.28. Lockbox.** “Lockbox” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3. 

 

**Section 1.28 a. Lockbox Account.** “Lockbox Account”means an account maintained by Borrower at the Lockbox Bank into which all collections of Accounts are paid directly. 

 

**Section 1.29. Lockbox Bank.** “Lockbox Bank” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3. 

 

**Section 1.30. Maximum****Loan Amount.** “MaximumLoan Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 (a). 

 

**Section 1.31. Medicaid/Medicare Account Debtor.** “Medicaid/Medicare Account Debtor” means any Account Debtor which is (i) the United States of America acting under the Medicaid/Medicare program established pursuant tothe Social Security Act, (ii) any state or the District of Columbia acting pursuant to a health plan adopted pursuant to Title XIX of the Social Security Act or (iii) any agent, carrier, administrator or intermediary for any of the foregoing.

 

**Section 1.32. Medical Services.**“MedicalServices” means Medical and health care services provided to a Patient, including, but not limited to, medical and health care services provided to a Patient and performed by Borrower which are covered by a policy of insurance issued by anInsurer, and includes physician services, nurse and therapist services, dental services, hospital services, skilled nursing facility services, comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation services, home health care services, residential and out-patientbehavioral healthcare services, and medicine or health care equipment provided by Borrower to a Patient for a necessary or specifically requested valid and proper medical or health purpose. 

 

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**Section 1.32a Mortgage Documents.**“Mortgage Documents” means and includes alldocuments evidencing that certain first mortgage loan in the amount of $5,000,000 made as of the Closing Date from Lender to Borrower (the **“Mortgage Loan”)**including, without limitation, the mortgage note (the **“Secured Term Note”),**the mortgage loan agreement(the **“Mortgage Loan Agreement”),**those several Mortgage, Security Agreement and Assignment of Leases, and each and every other document now or hereafter delivered in connection with such mortgage documents, as any of them maybe amended, modified, or supplemented from time to time. 

 

**Section 1.33. Note.** “Note” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 (c). 

 

**Section 1.34. Obligations.** “Obligations” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1. 

 

**Section 1.35. Patient.**“Patient” means any Personreceiving Medical Services from Borrower and all Persons legally liable to pay Borrower for such Medical Services other than Insurers. 

 

**Section 1.36. Permitted Liens.** “Permitted Liens” means: (i) deposits or pledges to secure obligations under workmen’scompensation, social security or similar laws, or under unemployment insurance; (ii) deposits or pledges to secure bids, tenders, contracts (other than contracts for the payment of money), leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds andother obligations of like nature arising in the ordinary course of business; (iii) mechanic’s, workmen’s, materialmen’s or other like liens arising in the ordinary course of business with respect to obligations which are not due, orwhich are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings which suspend the collection thereof and in respect of which adequate reserves have been made (provided that such proceedings do not, in Lender’s sole discretion, involve anysubstantial risk of the sale, loss or forfeiture of such property or assets or any interest therein); (iv) liens and encumbrances in favor of Lender; and (v) liens set forth on Schedule 1.36. 

 

**Section 1.37. Person.** “Person” means an individual,partnership, corporation, trust, joint venture, joint stock company, limited liability company, association, unincorporated organization, Governmental Authority, or any other entity. 

 

**Section 1.38. Plan.** “Plan” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.12. ****

 

**Section 1.39. Premises.** “Premises” has the meaningset forth in Section 4.14. 

 

**Section 1.40. Prime Rate ofInterest.** “Prime Rate of Interest” means that rate of interest designated as such by Citibank, N.A., or any successor thereto, as the same may from time to time fluctuate. 

 

**Section 1.41. Prohibited Transaction.** “ProhibitedTransaction” means a “prohibited transaction” within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975(c)(l) of the Internal Revenue Code that is not exempt under Section 407 or Section 408 of ERISA or Section 

 

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4975(c)(2) or (d) of the Internal Revenue Code or under a class exemption granted by the U.S. Department of Labor. 

 

**Section 1.42. Qualified Account.** “Qualified Account”means an Account of Borrower generated in the ordinary course of Borrower’s business from the sale of goods or rendition of Medical Services which Lender, in its sole credit judgment, deems to be a Qualified Account. Without limiting thegenerality of the foregoing, no Account shall be a Qualified Account if: (a) the Account or any portion of the Account is payable by an individual beneficiary, recipient or subscriber individually and not directly to Borrower by a Medicaid/MedicareAccount Debtor or commercial medical insurance carrier acceptable to Lender in its sole discretion; (b) the Account remains unpaid more than one hundred twenty (120) days past the claim or invoice date (but in no event more than one hundredthirty-five (135) days after the applicable Medical Services have been rendered); (c) the Account is subject to any defense, set-off, counterclaim, deduction, discount, credit, chargeback, freight claim, allowance, or adjustment of any kind; (d) anypart of any goods the sale of which has given rise to the Account has been returned, rejected, lost, or damaged; (e) if the Account arises from the sale of goods by Borrower, the sale was not an absolute sale, or the sale was made on consignment oron approval or on a sale-or-return basis, or the sale was made subject to any other repurchase or return agreement, or the goods have not been shipped to the Account Debtor or its designee; (f) if the Account arises from the performance of MedicalServices, the Medical Services have not been actually been performed or the Medical Services were undertaken in violation of any law; (g) the Account is subject to a lien other than a Permitted Lien; (h) Borrower knows of the bankruptcy,receivership, reorganization, or insolvency of the Account Debtor; (i) the Account is evidenced by chattel paper or an instrument of any kind, or has been reduced to judgment; (j) the Account is an Account of an Account Debtor having its principalplace of business or executive office outside the United States; (k) the Account Debtor is an Affiliate or Subsidiary of Borrower; (l) more than ten percent (10%) of the aggregate balance of all Accounts owing from the Account Debtor obligated onthe Account are outstanding more than one hundred fifty (150) days past their invoice date; (m) fifty percent (50%) or more of the aggregate unpaid Accounts from any single Account Debtor are not deemed Qualified Accounts under this Agreement; (n)the total unpaid Accounts of the Account Debtor, except for a Medicaid/Medicare Account Debtor, exceed twenty percent (20%) of the net amount of all Qualified Accounts (including Medicaid/Medicare Account Debtors); (o) any covenant, representationor warranty contained in the Loan Documents with respect to such Account has been breached; or (p) the Account fails to meet such other specifications and requirements which may from time to time be reasonably established by Lender using itscustomary underwriting guidelines. 

 

**Section 1.43.Reportable Event.** “Reportable Event” means a “reportable event” as defined in Section 4043(c) of ERISA for which the notice requirements of Section 4043(a) of ERISA are not waived. 

 

**Section 1.44. Revolving Credit Loan.** “Revolving CreditLoan” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 (b). 

 

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**Section 1.45. Term.** “Term” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.8. 

 

**Section 1.46 Termination****Fee.**“Termination Fee” shall mean a fee payable upon termination of the Agreement, as yield maintenance for the loss of bargain and not as a penalty, equal to either (i) Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000) if the date of notice of atermination is on or before the second anniversary of the Closing Date, or (ii) One Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars ($ 120,000) if the date of a notice of termination is after the second anniversary of the Closing Date and on or before thethird anniversary of the Closing Date. 

 

**Section 1.47Warrant.**“Warrant” means that certain Stock Purchase Warrant granted from Borrower to Lender contemporaneously herewith. 

 

**ARTICLE II**

 

**LOAN**

 

**Section 2.1. Terms.**

 

(a) The maximum aggregate principal amount of credit extended by Lender to Borrower under this Agreement (the “Loan”) that will be outstanding at any time is Eight Million and No/100 Dollars ($8,000,000.00)(the “Maximum Loan Amount”). 

 

(b)The Loan shall be in the nature of a revolving line of credit, and shall include sums advanced and other credit extended by Lender to or for the benefit of Borrower from time to time under this Article II (each a “Revolving Credit Loan”)up to the Maximum Loan Amount depending upon the availability in the Borrowing Base, the requests of Borrower pursuant to the terms and conditions of Section 2.2, and on such other basis as Lender may reasonably determine. The outstanding principalbalance of the Loan may fluctuate from time to time, to be reduced by repayments made by Borrower (which may be made without penalty or premium), and to be increased by future Revolving Credit Loans, advances and other extensions of credit to or forthe benefit of Borrower, and shall be due and payable in full upon the expiration of the Term. For purposes of this Agreement, any determination as to whether there is availability within the Borrowing Base for advances or extensions of credit shallbe made by Lender in its sole discretion and is final and binding upon Borrower. 

 

(c) At Closing, Borrower shall execute and deliver to Lender a promissory note evidencing Borrower’s unconditional obligation torepay Lender for Revolving Credit Loans, advances, and other extensions of credit made under the Loan, in the form of Exhibit A to this Agreement (as amended, modified, restated or replaced from time to time, the “Note”), dated thedate of this Agreement, payable to the order of Lender in accordance with the terms thereof. The Note shall bear interest on the outstanding principal balance of the Note from the date of the Note until repaid, with interest payable monthly inarrears on the first Business Day of each month, at a rate per annum (on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 360 

 

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days) equal to the Base Rate, provided that after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default such rate shall be equal to the DefaultRate. Each Revolving Credit Loan, advance and other extension of credit shall be deemed evidenced by the Note, which is deemed incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement by this reference. 

 

(d) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement,advances under the Loan shall be made against a borrowing base equal to eighty-five percent (85%) of Qualified Accounts due and owing from any Medicaid/Medicare Account Debtor, Insurer or other Account Debtor (the “Borrowing Base”).Lender, in its sole credit judgment, may further adjust the Borrowing Base by applying percentages (known as “liquidity factors”) to Qualified Accounts by payor class based upon Borrower’s actual recent collection history for eachsuch payor class (i.e., Medicare, Medicaid, commercial insurance, etc.) in a manner consistent with Lender’s underwriting practices and procedures. Such liquidity factors may be adjusted by Lender throughout the Term as warranted by collectionhistories. Lender shall give Borrower written notice of any such change in the liquidity factors. 

 

(e) Due to potential Medicare program reimbursement liabilities against Borrower, $25,000 will be reserved against the initial BorrowingBase (the “Borrowing Base Reserve”). Thereafter, the Borrowing Base Reserve will be increased by an additional $50,000 on December 1, 2000, March 1, 2001, June 1, 2001 and September 1, 2001, and by $25,000 on December 1, 2001 (sothat the total Borrowing Base Reserve as of December 1, 2001 is $250,000). Upon Borrower’s receipt of a notice or notices of Medicare program reimbursement liability, Borrower will immediately provide copies of such notice or notices to Lenderand Lender shall have the right, in it sole discretion, to further increase the Borrowing Base Reserve to the extent of any such liabilities. Upon Borrower’s satisfaction of such liabilities, the Borrowing Base Reserve will be decreased to theextent of such satisfaction (but not below $250,000). 

 

**Section 2.2. Loan Administration.** Borrowings under the Loan shall be as follows: 

 

(a) A request for a Revolving Credit Loan shall be made, or shall be deemed to be made, in the following manner: (i) Borrower may giveLender notice of its intention to borrow, in which notice Borrower shall specify the amount of the proposed borrowing and the proposed borrowing date, not later than 2:00 p.m. Eastern time two (2) Business Days before the proposed borrowing date;provided, however, that no such request may be made at a time when there exists an Event of Default; and (ii) the becoming due of any amount required to be paid under this Agreement, whether as interest or for any other Obligation,shall be deemed irrevocably to be a request for a Revolving Credit Loan on the day following the due date in the 
1*To demonstrate the methodology, the following is an illustration of the application of liquidity factors: If Borrower historically collects 75% of invoiced insurance claimswithin the eligibility period, the liquidity factor would be 75%, so that availability against such class of Accounts in the aggregate would be equal to Qualified Accounts multiplied by a 75% liquidity factor and then multiplied by the 85%advance rate.*
 

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amount required to pay such interest or other Obligation if such was not paid by Borroweron the due date. 

 

(b) Borrower herebyirrevocably authorizes Lender to disburse the proceeds of each Revolving Credit Loan requested, or deemed to be requested, as follows: (i) the proceeds of each Revolving Credit Loan requested under subsection 2.2(a)(i) shall be disbursed by Lenderby wire transfer to such bank account as may be agreed upon by Borrower and Lender from time to time or elsewhere if pursuant to written direction from Borrower; and (ii) the proceeds of each Revolving Credit Loan deemed to be requested undersubsection 2.2(a)(ii) shall be disbursed by Lender by way of direct payment of the relevant interest or other Obligation. 

 

(c) All Revolving Credit Loans, advances and other extensions of credit to or for the benefit of Borrower shall constitute one generalObligation of Borrower, and shall be secured by Lender’s lien upon all of the Collateral. 

 

(d) Lender shall enter all Revolving Credit Loans as debits to a loan account in the name of Borrower and shall also record in said loanaccount all payments made by Borrower on any Obligations and all proceeds of Collateral which are indefeasibly paid to Lender, and may record therein, in accordance with customary accounting practice, other debits and credits, including interest andall charges and expenses properly chargeable to Borrower. All collections into the Concentration Account pursuant to Section 2.3 shall be applied first to fees, costs and expenses due and owing under the Loan Documents, then to interest due andowing under the Loan Documents, and then to principal outstanding with respect to Revolving Credit Loans. 

 

(e) Lender will account to Borrower monthly with a statement of Revolving Credit Loans, charges and payments made pursuant to thisAgreement, and such accounting rendered by Lender shall be deemed final, binding and conclusive upon Borrower, absent manifest error, unless Lender is notified by Borrower in writing to the contrary within thirty (30) days of the date eachaccounting is mailed to Borrower. Such notice shall be deemed an objection to those items specifically objected to in the notice. 

 

**Section 2.3. Collections, Disbursements, Borrowing Availability, and Lockbox Account.** Borrower shall maintain a lockbox account (the“Lockbox”) with Bank One Arizona, N.A. (the “Lockbox Bank”), subject to the provisions of this Agreement, and shall execute with the Lockbox Bank a Lockbox Agreement in the form attached as Exhibit B, and such otheragreements related to the Lockbox Agreement as Lender may require. Borrower shall ensure that all collections of Accounts are paid directly from Account Debtors into the Lockbox, and that all funds paid into the Lockbox are immediately transferredinto a depository account maintained by Lender at Bank One, N.A., or such other financial institution as determined by Lender in its sole discretion, by written notice to Borrowers and the Lockbox Bank (the “Concentration Account”). Lendershall apply, on a daily basis, all funds transferred into the Concentration Account pursuant to this Section 2.3 to reduce the outstanding indebtedness under the Loan (in accordance with Section 2.2(d)), and all future Revolving Credit Loans,advances 

 

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and other extensions of credit to be made by Lender under the conditions set forth in this Article II. To the extent that any collections of Accounts orproceeds of other Collateral are not sent directly to the Lockbox but are received by Borrower, such collections shall be held in trust for the benefit of Lender and immediately remitted, in the form received, to the Lockbox Bank for transfer to theConcentration Account immediately upon receipt by Borrower. Borrower acknowledges and agrees that its compliance with the terms of this Section 2.3 is essential, and that Lender will suffer immediate and irreparable injury and have no adequateremedy at law, if Borrower, through its acts or omissions, causes or permits Account Debtors to pay other than to the Lockbox Account, or if Borrower fails to immediately deposit collections of Accounts or proceeds of other Collateral in the LockboxAccount as herein required. Upon Borrower’s failure to comply with the terms of this Section 2.3, Lender will be entitled, in addition to exercising any other rights and remedies available to it, to assess a non-compliance fee which shalloperate to increase the Base Rate by two percent (2%) per annum during any period of non-compliance, Lender shall be entitled to assess such fee whether or not an Event of Default is declared or otherwise occurs. All funds transferred from theConcentration Account for application to Borrower’s indebtedness to Lender shall be applied to reduce the Loan balance, but for purposes of calculating interest shall be subject to a five (5) Business Day clearance period. If as the result ofcollections of Accounts pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Section 2.3 a credit balance exists with respect to the Concentration Account, such credit balance shall not accrue interest in favor of Borrower, but shall be available toBorrower at any time or times for so long as no Event of Default, and no event or circumstance which, with notice or the passage of time (or both), would constitute an Event of Default, exists. 

 

**Section 2.4. Fees.**

 

(a) By executing this Agreement. Borrower agreesunconditionally to pay to Lender a commitment fee equal to one and one-half percent (1.5%) ($120,000) of the Maximum Loan Amount (the “Commitment Fee”). 

 

(b) For so long as the Loan is available to Borrower, Borrower unconditionally shall pay to Lender a monthlyusage fee (the “Usage Fee”) equal to 0.0417% of the average amount by which the Maximum Loan Amount exceeds the average amount of the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Credit Loans during the preceding month. The Usage Feeshall be payable monthly in arrears on the first Business Day of each successive calendar month. 

 

(c) For so long as the Loan is available to Borrower, Borrower unconditionally shall pay to Lender a monthly loan management fee (the“Loan Management Fee”) equal to one-twelfth of one percent (0.0833%) of the average amount of the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Credit Loans during the preceding month. The Loan Management Fee shall be payable monthly inarrears on the first day of each successive calendar month. 

 

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(d) Borrower shall pay to Lender all reasonable out-of-pocket audit and appraisal fees inconnection with audits and appraisals of Borrower’s books and records and such other matters as Lender shall deem appropriate, which shall be due and payable on the first Business Day of the month following the date of issuance by Lender of arequest for payment thereof to Borrower. 

 

(e)Borrower shall pay to Lender, on demand, any and all reasonable fees, costs or expenses which Lender or any participant pays to a bank or other similar institution (including, without limitation, any fees paid by Lender to any participant) arisingout of or in connection with (i) the forwarding to Borrower or any other Person on behalf of Borrower, by Lender, of proceeds of Revolving Credit Loans made by Lender to Borrower pursuant to this Agreement, and (ii) the depositing for collection, byLender or any participant, of any check or item of payment received or delivered to Lender or any participant on account of Obligations. 

 

**Section 2.5.****Payments.**Principal payable on account of Revolving Credit Loans shall be payable by Borrower to Lender immediately uponthe earliest of (i) the receipt by Borrower or Lender of any payments on or proceeds from any of the Collateral, to the extent of such proceeds, (ii) the occurrence of an Event of Default if the Loan and the maturity of the payment of theObligations are accelerated, or (iii) the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.8 of this Agreement; provided, however that if any advance made by Lender in excess of the Borrowing Base shall exist at any time, Borrowershall, immediately upon demand, repay such overadvance. Interest accrued on the Revolving Credit Loans shall be due on the earliest of (i) the first Business Day of each month (for the immediately preceding month), computed on the last calendar dayof the preceding month, (ii) the occurrence of an Event of Default if the Loan and the maturity of the payment of the Obligations are accelerated, or (iii) the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.8. Except to the extent otherwise setforth in this Agreement, all payments of principal and of interest on the Loan, all other charges and any other obligations of Borrower under this Agreement, shall be made to Lender to the Concentration Account, in immediately available funds.

 

**Section 2.6. Use of Proceeds.** The proceeds ofLender’s advances under the Loan shall be used solely for working capital and for other costs of Borrower arising in the ordinary course of Borrower’s business. 

 

**Section 2.7. Interest Rate Limitation.** The parties intend to conform strictly to the applicable usury laws ineffect from time to time during the term of the Loan. Accordingly, if any transaction contemplated by this Agreement would be usurious under such laws, then notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement: (i) the aggregate of all interestthat is contracted for, charged, or received under this Agreement or under any other Loan Document shall not exceed the maximum amount of interest allowed by applicable law (the “Highest Lawful Rate”), and any excess shall be promptlycredited to Borrower by Lender (or, to the extent that such consideration shall have been paid, such excess shall be promptly refunded to Borrower by Lender); (ii) neither Borrower nor any other Person now or hereafter liable under this Agreementshall be obligated to pay the amount of such interest to the extent that it is in 

 

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excess of the Highest Lawful Rate; and (iii) the effective rate of interest shall be reduced to the Highest Lawful Rate. All sums paid, or agreed to be paid,to Lender for the use, forbearance, and detention of the debt of Borrower to Lender shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be allocated throughout the full term of the Note until payment is made in full so that the actual rate of interestdoes not exceed the Highest Lawful Rate in effect at any particular time during the full term thereof. If at any time the rate of interest under the Note exceeds the Highest Lawful Rate, the rate of interest to accrue pursuant to this Agreementshall be limited, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, to the Highest Lawful Rate, but any subsequent reductions in the Base Rate shall not reduce the interest to accrue pursuant to this Agreement below the Highest Lawful Rateuntil the total amount of interest accrued equals the amount of interest that would have accrued if a varying rate per annum equal to the interest rate under the Note had at all times been in effect. If the total amount of interest paid or accruedpursuant to this Agreement under the foregoing provisions is less than the total amount of interest that would have accrued if a varying rate per annum equal to the interest rate under the Note had been in effect, then Borrower agrees to pay toLender an amount equal to the difference between (x) the lesser of (A) the amount of interest that would have accrued if the Highest Lawful Rate had at all times been in effect, or (B) the amount of interest that would have accrued if a varying rateper annum equal to the interest rate under the Note had at all times been in effect, and (y) the amount of interest accrued in accordance with the other provisions of this Agreement. 

 

**Section 2.8. Term.**

 

(a) Subject to Lender’s right to cease making Revolving Credit Loans to Borrower upon or after any Event of Default, thisAgreement shall be in effect for a period of three (3) years from the Closing Date, unless terminated as provided in this Section 2.8 (the “Term”), and this Agreement shall be renewed for one-year periods thereafter upon the mutual writtenagreement of the parties. 

 

(b) Notwithstandinganything in this Agreement to the contrary, Lender may terminate this Agreement without notice upon or after the occurrence of an Event of Default. 

 

(c) Upon at least thirty (30) days prior written notice to Lender (the “Termination Notice Period”), Borrower may terminate thisAgreement after the Closing Date, *provided however,*at the effective date of any termination, Borrower shall pay to Lender (in addition to the then outstanding principal, accrued interest and other Obligations owing under the terms of thisAgreement and any other Loan Documents) as yield maintenance for the loss of bargain and not as a penalty, an amount equal to the Termination Fee. 

 

(d) All of the Obligations shall be immediately due and payable upon the termination date stated in any notice of termination of thisAgreement (the “Termination Date”); provided that, notwithstanding anything in Section 2.8(c) to the contrary, the Termination Date shall be effective no earlier than the first Business Day of the month following the expiration of theTermination Notice Period. All undertakings, agreements, covenants, warranties, and 

 

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representations of Borrower contained in the Loan Documents shall survive any such termination and Lender shall retain its liens in the Collateral and all ofits rights and remedies under the Loan Documents notwithstanding such termination until Borrower has paid the Obligations to Lender, in full, in immediately available funds. 

 

(e) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement which makes reference to the continuance of an Event ofDefault, nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to permit Borrower to cure an Event of Default following the lapse of the applicable cure period, and Borrower shall have no such right in any instance unless specifically granted in writing byLender. 

 

**Section 2.9. Joint and Several Liability;Binding Obligations.** Each entity comprising Borrower and executing this Agreement on behalf of Borrower shall be jointly and severally liable for all of the Obligations. In addition, each entity comprising Borrower hereby acknowledges andagrees that all of the representations, warranties, covenants, obligations, conditions, agreements and other terms contained in this Agreement shall be applicable to and shall be binding upon each entity comprising Borrower, and shall be bindingupon all such entities when taken together. 

 

**ARTICLE III**

 

**COLLATERAL**

 

**Section 3.1. Generally.** As security for the payment of allliabilities of Borrower to Lender, including without limitation: (i) indebtedness evidenced under the Note and Secured Term Note, repayment of Revolving Credit Loans, repayment of the Mortgage Loan, advances and other extensions of credit, sale andpurchase obligations under the Warrant; all fees and charges owing by Borrower, (including without limitation the Termination Fee) and all other liabilities and obligations of every kind or nature whatsoever of Borrower to Lender, whether nowexisting or hereafter incurred, joint or several, matured or unmatured, direct or indirect, primary or secondary, related or unrelated, due or to become due, including but not limited to any extensions, modifications, substitutions, increases andrenewals thereof, (ii) the payment of all amounts advanced by Lender to preserve, protect, defend, and enforce its rights under this Agreement and in the following property in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and (iii) the payment of allexpenses incurred by Lender in connection therewith (collectively, the “Obligations”), and as further security for the payment and performance of the obligations of Borrower under the Mortgage Documents and any and all other loan andsecurity agreements, secured bridge or term notes or other loan documents evidencing indebtedness of Borrower or any of its Affiliates to Lender or any of its Affiliates, including without limitation the Mortgage Documents (as such documents arespecifically listed on Exhibit E to this Agreement), as amended, modified or replaced, Borrower hereby assigns and grants to Lender a continuing first priority lien on and security interest in, upon, and to the following property (the“Collateral”): 

 

(a) All ofBorrower’s now-owned and hereafter acquired or arising Accounts, accounts receivable and rights to payment of every kind and description, and all of Borrower’s contract rights, chattel paper, documents and instruments with respect thereto,and all of Borrower’s rights, remedies, security and liens, in, ___ and in respect of the Accounts, including, without limitation, rights of stoppage in transit, replevin, repossession and reclamation and other rights and remedies of an unpaidvendor, lienor or secured party guaranties or other contracts of suretyship with respect to the Accounts, deposits or other security for the obligation of any Account Debtor, and credit and other insurance; 

 

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(b) All moneys, securities and other property and the proceeds thereof, now or hereafterheld or received by, in transit to in possession of, or under the control of Lender or a bailee or Affiliate of Lender, from or for Borrower, whether for safekeeping, pledge, custody, transmission, collection or otherwise, and all of Borrower’sdeposits (general or special), balances, sums and credits with Lender at any time existing; 

 

(c) All of Borrower’s right, title and interest in, to and in respect of all goods relating to, or which by sale have resulted in,Accounts, including, without limitation, all goods described in invoices or other documents or instruments with respect to, or otherwise representing or evidencing, any Account, and all returned, reclaimed or repossessed goods; 

 

(d) All of Borrower’s now owned or hereafter acquireddeposit accounts into which Accounts are deposited, including the Lockbox Account; 

 

(e) All of Borrower’s now owned and hereafter acquired or arising general intangibles and other property of every kind anddescription with respect to, evidencing or relating to its Accounts, accounts receivable and other rights to payment, including, but not limited to, all existing and future customer lists, choses in action, claims, books, records, ledger cards,contracts, licenses, formulae, tax and other types of refunds, returned and unearned insurance premiums, rights and claims under insurance policies, and computer programs, information, software, records, and data, as the same relates to theAccounts; 

 

(f) All of Borrower’s othergeneral intangibles (including, without limitation, any proceeds from insurance policies after payment of prior interests), patents, unpatented inventions, trade secrets, copyrights, contract rights, goodwill, literary rights, rights to performance,rights under licenses, choses-in-action, claims, information contained in computer media (such as data bases, source and object codes, and information therein), things in action, trademarks and trademarks applied for (together with the goodwillassociated therewith) and derivatives thereof, trade names, including the rights to make, use, and vend goods utilizing any of the foregoing, and permits, licenses, certifications, authorizations and approvals, and the rights of Borrower thereunder,issued by any governmental, regulatory, or private authority, agency, or entity whether now owned or hereafter acquired, together with all cash and non-cash proceeds and products thereof; 

 

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(g) All of Borrower’s now owned or hereafter acquired inventory of every descriptionwhich is held by Borrower for sale or lease or is furnished by Borrower under any contract of service or is held by Borrower as raw materials, work in process or materials used or consumed in a business, wherever located, and as the same may now andhereafter from time to time be constituted, together with all cash and non-cash proceeds and products thereof; 

 

(h) All of Borrower’s now owned or hereafter acquired machinery, equipment, computer equipment, tools, tooling, furniture, fixtures,goods, supplies, materials, work in process, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, together with all additions, parts, fittings, accessories, special tools, attachments, and accessions now and hereafter affixed thereto and/or used in connectiontherewith, all replacements thereof and substitutions therefor, and all cash and non-cash proceeds and products thereof; 

 

(i) all of Borrower’s books, records, ledger cards, computer programs and other property at any time evidencing or relating to theAccounts; 

 

(j) all of Borrower’s moniesand other property of every kind and nature now or at any time or times hereafter in the possession of or under the control of Borrower or a bailee or Affiliate of Borrower; and 

 

(k) The proceeds (including, without limitation, insurance proceeds) of all of the foregoing. 

 

**Section 3.2. Lien Documents.** At Closing and thereafter asLender deems necessary in its sole discretion, Borrower shall execute and deliver to Lender, or have executed and delivered (all in form and substance satisfactory to Lender in its sole discretion): 

 

(a) UCC-1 Financing Statements pursuant to the UniformCommercial Code in effect in the jurisdiction(s) in which Borrower operates, which Lender may file in any jurisdiction where any Collateral is or may be located and in any other jurisdiction that Lender deems appropriate; provided that acarbon, photographic, or other reproduction or other copy of this Agreement or of a financing statement is sufficient as and may be filed in lieu of a financing statement; and 

 

(b) Any other agreements, documents, instruments, and writings deemed necessary by Lender or as Lender mayotherwise request from time to time in its sole discretion to evidence, perfect, or protect Lender’s lien and security interest in the Collateral required under this Agreement. 

 

**Section 3.3. Collateral Administration.**

 

(a) All Collateral (except deposit accounts) will at all times be kept by Borrower at the locations setforth on Schedule 3.3(a) and shall not be moved from such 

 

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locations without the prior written consent of Lender, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. 

 

(b) Borrower shall keep accurate and complete records of itsAccounts and all payments and collections thereon and shall submit to Lender on such periodic basis as Lender shall request a sales and collections report for the preceding period, in form satisfactory to Lender. In addition, if Accounts in anaggregate face amount in excess of $50,000.00 become ineligible because they fall within one of the specified categories of ineligibility set forth in the definition of Qualified Accounts or otherwise, Borrower shall notify Lender of such occurrenceon the first Business Day following such occurrence and the Borrowing Base shall thereupon be adjusted to reflect such occurrence. If requested by Lender, Borrower shall execute and deliver to Lender formal written assignments of all of its Accountsweekly or daily, which shall include all Accounts that have been created since the date of the last assignment, together with copies of claims, invoices or other information related thereto. 

 

(c) Whether or not an Event of Default has occurred, any ofLender’s officers, employees or agents shall have the right, at any time or times hereafter, in the name of Lender or any designee of Lender or Borrower, to verify the validity, amount or any other matter relating to any Accounts by mail,telephone, telegraph or otherwise. Borrower shall cooperate fully with Lender in an effort to facilitate and promptly conclude such verification process. 

 

(d) To expedite collection, Borrower shall endeavor in the first instance to make collection of its Accounts for Lender. Lender retainsthe right at all times after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, subject to applicable law regarding Medicaid/Medicare Account Debtors, to notify Account Debtors that Accounts have been assigned to Lender and to collectAccounts directly in its own name and to charge the collection costs and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, to Borrower. 

 

**Section 3.4. Other Actions.** In addition to the foregoing, Borrower (i) shall provide prompt written notice to each private indemnity,managed care or other Insurer who either is currently an Account Debtor or becomes an Account Debtor at any time following the date of this Agreement that Lender has been granted a first priority lien and security interest in, upon and to allAccounts applicable to such Insurer and directs each Account Debtor to make payments into the Lockbox, and hereby authorizes Lender, upon Borrower’s failure to send such notices within fifteen (15) days after the date of this Agreement (orfifteen (15) days after the Insurer becomes an Account Debtor), to send any and all similar notices to such Insurers, and (ii) shall do anything further that may be lawfully required by Lender to secure Lender and effectuate the intentions andobjects of this Agreement, including but not limited to the execution and delivery of lockbox agreements, continuation statements, amendments to financing statements, and any other documents required under this Agreement. At Lender’s request,Borrower shall also immediately deliver to Lender all items for which Lender must receive possession to obtain a perfected security interest. Borrower shall, on Lender’s demand, deliver to Lender all notes, certificates, and documents of title,chattel paper, warehouse receipts, instruments, and any other similar instruments constituting Collateral. 

 

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**Section 3.5. Searches.** Before Closing, and thereafter (as and when determined by Lender inits sole discretion), Lender will perform the searches described in clauses (a) and (b) below against Borrower (the results of which are to be consistent with Borrower’s representations and warranties under this Agreement), all atBorrower’s expense: 

 

(a) UniformCommercial Code searches with the Secretary of State and _ocal filing offices of each jurisdiction where Borrower maintains its executive offices, a place of business, or assets; 

 

(b) Judgment, federal tax lien and corporate and partnership tax lien searches, in each jurisdictionsearched under clause (a) above; and 

 

In addition, prior toClosing, at Borrower’s expense, Borrower shall obtain and deliver to Lender good standing certificates showing Borrower to be in good standing in its state of formation and in each other state in which it is doing and currently intends to dobusiness for which qualification is required. 

 

**Section 3.6.Power of Attorney.** Each of the officers of Lender is hereby irrevocably made, constituted and appointed the true and lawful attorney for Borrower (without requiring any of them to act as such) with full power of substitution to do thefollowing: (i) endorse the name of Borrower upon any and all checks, drafts, money orders, and other instruments for the payment of money that are payable to Borrower and constitute collections on Borrower’s Accounts; (ii) execute in the nameof Borrower any financing statements, schedules, assignments, instruments, documents, and statements that Borrower is obligated to give Lender under this Agreement; and (iii) do such other and further acts and deeds in the name of Borrower thatLender may deem necessary to enforce any Account or other Collateral or perfect Lender’s security interest or lien in any Collateral. In addition, if Borrower breaches its obligation to direct payments of the proceeds of the Collateral to theLockbox Account, Lender, as the irrevocably made, constituted and appointed true and lawful attorney for Borrower pursuant to this paragraph, may, by the signature or other act of any of Lender’s officers (without requiring any of them to doso), direct any federal, state or private payor or fiscal intermediary to pay proceeds of the Collateral to Borrower by directing payment to the Lockbox Account. 

 

**ARTICLE IV**

 

**REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES**

 

Borrower represents and warrants to Lender, and shall be deemed to represent and warrant on each day on which any Obligations shall be outstanding underthis Agreement, that: 

 

**Section 4.1. Subsidiaries.**Except as set forth in Schedule 4.1, Borrower has no subsidiaries. 

 

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**Section 4.2. Organization and Good Standing.** Borrower is a corporation/limited liabilitycompany duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of its state of formation, is in good standing as a foreign corporation/limited liability company in each jurisdiction in which the character of the properties owned orleased by it therein or the nature of its business makes such qualification necessary, has the corporate power and authority to own its assets and transact the business in which it is engaged, and has obtained all certificates, licenses andqualifications required under all laws, regulations, ordinances, or orders of public authorities necessary for the ownership and operation of all of its properties and transaction of all of its business except where the failure to qualify will notresult in a materially adverse effect. 

 

**Section 4.3.Authority.** Borrower has full corporate/limited liability company power and authority to enter into, execute, and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations under this Agreement, to borrow the Loan, to execute and deliver theNote, and to incur and perform the obligations provided for in the Loan Documents, all of which have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action. No consent or approval of shareholders or members of, or lenders to, Borrower and noconsent, approval, filing or registration with any Governmental Authority is required as a condition to the validity of the Loan Documents or the performance by Borrower of its obligations under the Loan Documents. 

 

**Section 4.4. Binding Agreement.**This Agreement and all otherLoan Documents constitute, and the Note, when issued and delivered pursuant to this Agreement for value received, will constitute, the valid and legally binding obligations of Borrower, enforceable against Borrower in accordance with theirrespective terms. 

 

**Section 4.5. Litigation.**Except as disclosed on Schedule 4.5 hereto, there are no actions, suits, proceedings or investigations pending or, to the knowledge of Borrower, threatened, against or adversely affecting Borrower’s properties or assets or thevalidity or enforceability of the Loan Documents, or the ability of Borrower to perform any obligations under the Loan Documents. Borrower is not in default with respect to any order, writ, injunction, decree or demand of any court, arbitrationtribunal or governmental authority having jurisdiction over Borrower. Borrower is not the subject of any proceeding by any governmental agency, and no notice of any violation has been or will be issued by a governmental agency that would, directlyor indirectly, or with the passage of time: (i) have a material adverse impact on Borrower’s ability to accept and/or retain patients or operate the Improvements for the licensed use or result in the imposition of a fine, a sanction, a lowerrate certification or a lower reimbursement rate for services rendered to eligible patients; (ii) modify, limit or annul or result in the transfer, suspension, revocation or imposition of probationary use of any of the licenses; or (iii) ifapplicable, affect Borrower’s continued participation in the Medicaid or Medicare programs or any other of the third-party payors’ programs, or any successor programs thereto, at current rate certifications. 

 

**Section 4.6. No Conflicts.**The execution and delivery byBorrower of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents do not, and the performance of its obligations under the Loan Documents will not, violate, conflict with, constitute a default under, or result in the creation of a 

 

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lien or encumbrance upon the property of Borrower (other than for the benefit of Lender) under: (i) any provision of Borrower’s articles ofincorporation/organization or bylaws/operating agreement, (ii) any provision of any law, rule, or regulation applicable to Borrower, or (iii) any of the following: (A) any indenture or other agreement or instrument to which Borrower is a party or bywhich Borrower or its property is bound; or (B) any judgment, order or decree of any court, arbitration tribunal, or Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over Borrower which is applicable to Borrower. 

 

**Section 4.7. Financial Condition.**The financial statements ofBorrower as of and for the period ending July 31, 2000, certified by the chief financial officer of Borrower, which have been delivered to Lender, fairly present the financial condition of Borrower and the results of its operations and changes infinancial condition as of the dates and for the periods referred to, and have been prepared in accordance with GAAP. There are no material unrealized or anticipated liabilities, direct or indirect, fixed or contingent, of Borrower as of the dates ofsuch financial statements which are not reflected in such financial statements or in the notes to such financial statements. There has been no materially adverse change in the business, properties, condition (financial or otherwise) or operations(current or prospective) of Borrower since March 31. Borrower’s fiscal year ends on December 31. The federal tax identification number of each Borrower is set forth on Schedule 4.7 attached hereto. 

 

**Section 4.8. No Default.** Borrower is not in default under orwith respect to any obligation in any respect which could be materially adverse to its business, operations, property or financial condition, or which could materially adversely affect the ability of Borrower to perform its obligations under theLoan Documents. No Event of Default or event which, with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, could become an Event of Default, has occurred and is continuing. 

 

**Section 4.9. Title to Properties.** Borrower has good and marketable title to its properties and assets,including the Collateral and the properties and assets reflected in the financial statements described in Section 4.7, subject to no lien, mortgage, pledge, encumbrance or charge of any kind, other than Permitted Liens. Borrower has not agreed orconsented to cause any of its properties or assets whether owned now or hereafter acquired to be subject in the future (upon the happening of a contingency or otherwise) to any lien, mortgage, pledge, encumbrance or charge of any kind other thanPermitted Liens. 

 

**Section 4.10. Taxes.**Borrowerhas filed, or has obtained extensions for the filing of, all federal, state and other material tax returns which are required to be filed, and has paid all taxes shown as due on those returns and all assessments, fees and other amounts due as of thedate hereof. All tax liabilities of Borrower are adequately provided for on Borrower’s books. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Borrower shall not be required to pay and discharge or cause to be paid and discharged any tax, assessment, charge,levy or claim (other than payroll taxes) so long as the validity or amount thereof shall be contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings by Borrower, as determined in the reasonable judgment of Lender, and Borrower shall have set aside onits books adequate reserve therefor; and providedfurther, that such 

 

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deferment of payment is permissible only so long as Borrower’s title to, and its right to use, the Collateral is not adversely affected thereby andLender’s lien and priority on the Collateral are not adversely affected, altered or impaired thereby. No tax liability has been asserted by the Internal Revenue Service or other taxing authority against Borrower for taxes in excess of thosealready paid. 

 

**Section 4.11. Securities and Banking Lawsand Regulations.**

 

(a) The use of theproceeds of the Loan and Borrower’s issuance of the Note will not directly or indirectly violate or result in a violation of the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any regulations issued pursuantthereto, including without limitation Regulations U, T or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Borrower is not engaged in the business of extending credit for the purpose of the purchasing or carrying “margin stock”within the meaning of those regulations. No part of the proceeds of the Loan under this Agreement will be used to purchase or carry any margin stock or to extend credit to others for such purpose. 

 

(b) Borrower is not an investment company within the meaningof the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, nor is it, directly or indirectly, controlled by or acting on behalf of any Person which is an investment company within the meaning of that Act. 

 

**Section 4.12. ERISA.** No employee benefit plan (a“Plan”) subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) and regulations issued pursuant to ERISA that is maintained by Borrower or under which Borrower could have any material liability under ERISA (i)has failed to meet minimum funding standards established in Section 302 of ERISA, (ii) has failed to substantially comply with all applicable requirements of ERISA and of the Internal Revenue Code, including all applicable rulings and regulationsthereunder, or (iii) has engaged in or been involved in a prohibited transaction (as defined in ERISA) under ERISA or under the Internal Revenue Code. Neither Borrower nor any member of a Controlled Group that includes Borrower has assumed, orreceived notice of a claim asserted against Borrower or another member of the Controlled Group for, withdrawal liability (as defined in the Multi-Employer Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1980, as amended) with respect to any multi-employer pensionplan. Borrower has timely made when due all contributions with respect to any multi-employer pension plan in which it participates and no event has occurred triggering a material claim against Borrower for withdrawal liability with respect to anymulti-employer pension plan in which Borrower participates. 

 

**Section 4.13. Compliance with Law.**Except as described in Schedule 4.13, Borrower is not in violation of any statute, rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority (including, without limitation, any statute, rule orregulation relating to employment practices or to environmental, occupational and health standards and controls). Borrower has obtained all licenses, permits, franchises, and other governmental authorizations necessary for the ownership of itsproperties and the conduct of its business. Borrower is current with all reports and documents required to be filed with any state or federal securities commission or similar 

 

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Governmental Authority and is in full compliance with all applicable rules and regulations of such commissions. 

 

**Section 4.14. Environmental Matters.** No use, exposure, release,generation, manufacture, storage, treatment, transportation or disposal of Hazardous Material has occurred or is occurring on or from any real property on which the Collateral is located or which is owned, leased or otherwise occupied by Borrower(the “Premises”), or off the Premises as a result of any action of Borrower, except as described in Schedule 4.14. All Hazardous Material used, treated, stored, transported to or from, generated or handled on the Premises, or offthe Premises by Borrower, has been disposed of on or off the Premises by or on behalf of Borrower in a lawful manner. There are no underground storage tanks present on or under the Premises owned or leased by Borrower. No other environmental, publichealth or safety hazards exist with respect to the Premises. 

 

**Section 4.15. Places of Business.** As of the Closing Date, the only places of business of Borrower, and the places where it keeps and intends to keep the Collateral and records concerning the Collateral, are at the addressesset forth in Schedule 4.15. Schedule 4.15 also lists the owner of record of each such property. 

 

**Section 4.16. Intellectual Property.**Borrower exclusively owns or possesses all the patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademarkapplications, service marks, trade names, copyrights, franchises, licenses, and rights with respect to the foregoing necessary for the current and planned future conduct of its business, without any conflict with the rights of others. A list of allsuch intellectual property (indicating the nature of Borrower’s interest), as well as all outstanding franchises and licenses given by or held by Borrower, is attached as Schedule 4.16. Borrower is not in default of any obligation orundertaking with respect to such intellectual property or rights. Borrower is not infringing on any patents, patent applications, trademark, trademark applications, service marks, trace names, copyrights, franchises, licenses, any rights withrespect to the foregoing, or any other intellectual property rights of others and the Borrower is not aware of any infringement by others of any such rights owned by Borrower. 

 

**Section 4.17. Stock Ownership.** The identity of the stockholders of record of all classes of the outstandingstock of Borrower, together with the respective ownership percentages held by such stockholders, are as set forth on Schedule 4.17. 

 

**Section 4.18. Material Facts.** Neither this Agreement nor any other Loan Document nor any other agreement, document, certificate, orstatement furnished to Lender by or on behalf of Borrower in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement contains any untrue statement of material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements containedin this Agreement or other Loan Document not misleading. There is no fact known to Borrower that adversely affects or in the future may adversely affect the business, operations, affairs or financial condition of Borrower, or any of its propertiesor assets. 

 

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**Section 4.19. Investments, Guarantees, and Certain Contracts.** Borrower does not own or holdany equity or long-term debt investments in, have any outstanding advances to, have any outstanding guarantees for the obligations of, or have any outstanding borrowings from, any Person, except as described on Schedule 4.19. Borrower is nota party to any contract or agreement, or subject to any corporate/limited liability company restriction, which adversely affects its business. 

 

**Section 4.20. Business Interruptions.******Within five years before the date of this Agreement, neither the business, property or assets,or operations of Borrower or, to the best of Borrower’s knowledge, Borrower’s predecessor New American Healthcare Corporation, has been adversely affected in any way by any casualty, strike, lockout, combination of workers or order of theUnited States of America or other Governmental Authority, directed against Borrower. There are no pending or threatened labor disputes, strikes, lockouts, or similar occurrences or grievances against Borrower or its business, except as set forth onSchedule 4.20

 

**Section 4.21. Names.** Withinfive years before the date of this Agreement, Borrower has not conducted business under or used any other name (whether corporate, partnership or assumed) other than as shown on Schedule 4.21. Borrower is the sole owner of all nameslisted on that Schedule and any and all business done and invoices issued in such names are Borrower’s sales, business, and invoices. Each trade name of Borrower represents a division or trading style of Borrower and not a separate Person orindependent Affiliate. 

 

**Section 4.22 JointVentures.** Borrower is not engaged in any joint venture or partnership with any other Person, except as set forth on Schedule 4.22. 

 

**Section 4.23 Accounts.** Lender may rely, in determining which Accounts are Qualified Accounts, on all statements and representations made byBorrower with respect to any Account or Accounts. Unless otherwise indicated in writing to Lender, with respect to each Qualified Account, Borrower represents that: 

 

(a) The Account is genuine and in all respects what it purports to be, and is not evidenced by a judgment;

 

(b) The Account arises out of a completed,bonafide sale and delivery of goods or rendition of Medical Services by Borrower in the ordinary course of its business and in accordance with the terms and conditions of all purchase orders, contracts, certification, participation,certificate of need, or other documents relating thereto and forming a part of the contract between Borrower and theAccount Debtor 

 

(c) The Account is for aliquidated amount maturing as stated in a duplicate claim or invoice covering such sale or rendition of Medical Services, a copy of which has been furnished or is available to Lender; 

 

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(d) To the best of Borrower’s knowledge, the Account, and Lender’s securityinterest in such Account, is not, and will not (by voluntary act or omission by Borrower), be in the future, subject to any offset, lien, deduction, defense, dispute, counterclaim or any other adverse condition, and each such Account is absolutelyowing to Borrower and is not contingent in any respect or for any reason; 

 

(e) To the best of Borrower’s knowledge, there are no facts, events or occurrences which in any way impair the validity or enforceability of any Accounts or tend to reduce the amount payable thereunder from theface amount of the claim or invoice and statements delivered to Lender with respect thereto; 

 

(f) To the best of Borrower’s knowledge, (i) the Account Debtor under the Account had the capacity to contract at the time anycontract or other document giving rise to the Account was executed and (ii) such Account Debtor is solvent; 

 

(g) To the best of Borrower’s knowledge, there are no proceedings or actions which are threatened or pending against any AccountDebtor under the Account which might result in any material adverse change in such Account Debtor’s financial condition or the collectibility of such Account; 

 

(h) The Account has been billed and forwarded to the Account Debtor for payment in accordance withapplicable laws and compliance and conformance with any and requisite procedures, requirements and regulations governing payment by such Account Debtor with respect to such Account, and such Account if due from a Medicaid/Medicare Account Debtor isproperly payable directly to Borrower; and 

 

(i) Borrower has obtained and currently (or is in the process of obtaining and will have obtained within 30 days following the Closing) has all certificates of need, Medicaid and Medicare provider numbers, licenses, permits andauthorizations that are necessary in the generation of such Accounts. 

 

**Section 4.24. Solvency.** Both before and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by the terms and provisions of this Agreement, Borrower (taken as a whole) (i) owns property whose fair saleable value is greaterthan the amount required to pay all of Borrower’s Indebtedness (including contingent debts), (ii) was and is able to pay all of its Indebtedness as such Indebtedness matures, and (iii) had and has capital sufficient to carry on its business andtransactions and all business and transactions in which it about to engage. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Indebtedness” means, without duplication (x) all items which in accordance with GAAP would be included in determiningtotal liabilities as shown on the liability side of a balance sheet of such Borrower as of the date on which Indebtedness is to be determined, (y) all obligations of any other person or entity which such Borrower has guaranteed, and (z) theObligations. 

 

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**Section 4.26 Recoupments.**There are no Medicare or Medicaid recoupments or recoupments ofany third-party payor being sought, requested or claimed, or to the Borrower’s knowledge, threatened against the Borrower, or any of its Affiliates. 

 

**Section 4.27 Participation Agreements.**Schedule 4.27 hereto, sets forth an accurate, complete and current list of all participationagreements with health maintenance organizations, insurance programs, third party payors and preferred provider organizations with respect to he Improvements. Borrower has delivered to Lender true, correct and complete copies of all such agreementslisted on Schedule 4.27. 

 

**Section****4.28Reports.**Borrower has timely filed or caused to be timely filed, all cost reports and other material reports of every kind whatsoever required by law or by written or oral contracts or otherwise to have been filed or made with respect tothe Improvements. True and correct copies of all such reports for the three (3) most recent fiscal years of the providers have been furnished to Lender. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.28, there are no claims, actions or appeals pending(and Borrower has not filed any claims or reports which should result in any such claims, actions or appeals) before any commission, board or agency including without limitation any intermediary or carrier, the Provider Reimbursement Review Board orthe Administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration, with respect to any state or federal Medicare or Medicaid cost reports or claims filed by Borrower on or before the date hereof, or any disallowance by any commission, board or agency inconnection with any audit of such cost reports. 

 

**ARTICLE V**

 

**CLOSING AND CONDITIONS OF LENDING**

 

**Section 5.1. Conditions Precedent to Agreement.** Theobligation of Lender to enter into and perform this Agreement and to make Revolving Credit Loans is subject to the following conditions precedent: 

 

(a) Lender shall have received two (2) originals of this Agreement, the Certificate of Validity, the Warrant and all other Loan Documentsrequired to be executed and delivered at or before Closing (other than the Note, as to which Lender shall receive only one original), executed by Borrower and any other required Persons, as applicable. 

 

(b) Lender shall have received all searches and goodstanding certificates required by Section 3.5. 

 

(c) Borrower shall have complied and shall then be in compliance with all the terms, covenants and conditions of the Loan Documents. 

 

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(d) There shall have occurred and be continuing no Event of Default and no event which,with the giving of notice or the lapse of time, or both, could constitute such an Event of Default. 

 

(e) The representations and warranties contained in Article IV shall be true and correct. 

 

(f) Lender shall have received copies of all board ofdirectors resolutions of Borrower, and other action taken by Borrower to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents and the borrowing of the Loan under the Loan Documents as well as the names and signatures of theofficers of Borrower authorized to execute documents on its behalf in connection with the Loan, all as also certified as of the date of this Agreement by Borrower’s chief financial officer, or equivalent, and such other papers as Lender mayrequire. 

 

(g) Lender shall have receivedcopies, certified as true, correct and complete by a corporate/limited liability company officer of each Borrower, of the certificate of incorporation/organization of each Borrower, with any amendments to any of the foregoing, and all otherdocuments necessary for performance of the obligations of Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. 

 

(h) Lender shall have received a written opinion of counsel for Borrower dated the date of this Agreement, substantially in the form ofExhibit C. 

 

(i) Lender shall havereceived such financial statements, reports, certifications, and other operational information required to be delivered under this Agreement, including without limitation an initial borrowing base certificate calculating the Borrowing Base.

 

(j) Lender shall have received the CommitmentFee. 

 

(k) The Lockbox, Lockbox Account and theConcentration Account shall have been established. 

 

(1) Lender shall have received an estoppel certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D from Borrower’s landlord or sublandlord, as the case may be, with respect to each of the facilities identified on Schedule4.15. 

 

(m) Lender shall have received acertificate of Borrower’s chief financial officer, dated the Closing Date, certifying that all of the conditions specified in this Section nave been fulfilled. 

 

(n) The Bankruptcy Court shall have issued a Final Order approving the sale of assets to Borrower from NewAmerican Healthcare Corporation and its subsidiaries (collectively “NAHC”) and Lender shall have received a copy of the signed Final Order. 

 

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(o) All conditions set forth in that certain Asset Purchase Agreement between Borrowerand NAHC shall have been met. 

 

(p) Lendershall have received such other documents and information as requested by Lender in its sole discretion. 

 

**Section 5.2. Conditions Precedent to Advances.** Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Loan proceeds, Revolving CreditLoans, advances or other extensions of credit under the Loan shall be disbursed under this Agreement unless the following conditions have been satisfied or waived immediately before such disbursement: 

 

(a) The representations and warranties on the part ofBorrower contained in Article IV of this Agreement shall be true and correct in all respects at and as of the date of disbursement or advance, as though made on and as of such date (except to the extent that such representations and warrantiesexpressly relate solely to an earlier date and except that the references in Section 4.7 to financial statements shall be deemed to be a reference to the then most recent annual and interim financial statements of Borrower furnished to Lenderpursuant to Section 6.1). 

 

(b) No Event ofDefault or event which, with the giving of notice of the lapse of time, or both, could become an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from the making of the disbursement or advance. 

 

(c) No adverse change in the condition (financial orotherwise), properties, business, or operations of Borrower shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to Borrower since the date of this Agreement. 

 

**Section 5.3. Closing.**Subject to the conditions of this Article V, the Loan shall be made available on the date as is mutually agreed by theparties (the “Closing Date”) at such time as may be mutually agreeable to the parties upon the execution of this Agreement (the “Closing”) at such place as may be requested by Lender. 

 

**Section 5.4. Waiver of Rights.** By completing the Closing underthis Agreement, or by making advances under the Loan, Lender does not waive a breach of any representation or warranty of Borrower under this Agreement or under any other Loan Document, and all of Lender’s claims and rights resulting from anybreach or misrepresentation by Borrower are specifically reserved by Lender. 

 

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**ARTICLE VI**

 

**AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS**

 

Borrower covenants and agrees that for so long as Borrower may borrow under this Agreement and until payment in full of the Note and performance of allother obligations of Borrower under the Loan Documents: 

 

**Section 6.1. Financial Statements and Collateral Reports.**Borrower will furnish to Lender (i) a sales and collections report and accounts receivable aging schedule on a form acceptable to Lender within twenty (20) days afterthe end of each calendar month, which shall include, but not be limited to, a report of sales, credits issued, and collections received; (ii) payables aging schedules within fifteen (15) days after the end of each calendar month; (iii) internallyprepared monthly financial statements for Borrower, certified by the chief financial officer of Borrower, within forty-five (45) days of the end of each calendar month, accompanied by management analysis and actual vs. budget variance reports foreach nursing home generating Accounts; (iv) to the extent prepared by Borrower, annual projections, profit and loss statements, balance sheets, and cash flow reports (prepared on a monthly basis) for the succeeding fiscal year within thirty (30)days before the end of each of Borrower’s fiscal years; (v) internally prepared annual financial statements for Borrower within ninety (90) days after the end of each of Borrower’s fiscal years; (vi) annual audited financial statements forBorrower prepared by KPMG, or another firm of independent public accountants satisfactory to Lender, within one hundred thirty-five (135) days after the end of each of Borrower’s fiscal years; (vii) promptly upon receipt thereof, copies of anyreports submitted to Borrower by the independent accountants in connection with any interim audit of the books of Borrower and copies of each management control letter provided to Borrower by independent accountants; (viii) as soon as available,copies of all financial statements and notices provided by Borrower to all of its stockholders; and (ix) such additional information, reports or statements as Lender may from time to time request. Annual financial statements shall set forth incomparative form figures for the corresponding periods in the prior fiscal year. All financial statements shall include a balance sheet and statement of earnings and shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP. 

 

**Section 6.2. Payments Under this Agreement.**Borrower will makeall payments of principal, interest, fees, and all other payments required under this Agreement and under the Loan, and under any other agreements with Lender to which Borrower is a party, as and when due. 

 

**Section 6.3. Existence, Good Standing, and Compliance with Laws.**Borrower will do or cause to be done all things necessary (i) to obtain and keep in full force and effect all corporate/limited liability company existence, rights, licenses, privileges, and franchises of Borrower necessary to the ownership ofits property or the conduct of its business, and comply with all applicable current and future laws, ordinances, rules, regulations, orders and decrees of any Governmental Authority having or claiming jurisdiction over Borrower; and (ii) to maintainand protect the properties used or useful in the conduct of the operations of Borrower, in a 

 

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prudent manner, including without limitation the maintenance at all times of such insurance upon its insurable property and operations as required by law orby Section 6.7. 

 

**Section 6.4. Legality.** Themaking of the Loan and each disbursement or advance under the Loan shall not be subject to any penalty or special tax, shall not be prohibited by any governmental order or regulation applicable to Borrower, and shall not violate any rule orregulation of any Governmental Authority, and necessary consents, approvals and authorizations of any Governmental Authority to or of any such disbursement or advance shall have been obtained. 

 

**Section 6.5. Lender’s Satisfaction.** All instruments andlegal documents and proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be satisfactory in form and substance to Lender and is counsel, and Lender shall have received all documents, including records ofcorporate/limited liability company proceedings and opinions of counsel, which Lender may have requested in connection therewith. 

 

**Section 6.6. Taxes and Charges.**Borrower will timely file all tax reports and pay and discharge all taxes, assessments and governmentalcharges or levies imposed upon Borrower, or its income or profits or upon its properties or any part thereof, before the same shall be in default and before the date on which penalties attach thereto, as well as all lawful claims for labor,material, supplies or otherwise which, if unpaid, might become a lien or charge upon the properties or any part thereof of Borrower; provided, however, that Borrower shall not be required to pay and discharge or cause to be paid anddischarged any such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim so long as the validity or amount thereof shall be contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings by Borrower, and Borrower shall have set aside on their books adequate reservetherefor; and providedfurther, that such deferment of payment is permissible only so long as Borrower’s title to, and its right to use, the Collateral is not adversely affected thereby and Lender’s lien and priority on theCollateral are not adversely affected, altered or impaired thereby. 

 

**Section 6.7. Insurance.** Borrower will carry adequate public liability and professional liability insurance with responsible companies reasonably satisfactory to Lender in such amounts and against such risks as is customarilymaintained by similar businesses and by owners of similar property in the same general area. 

 

**Section 6.8. General Information.**Borrower will furnish to Lender such information as Lender may, from time to time, request with respect to the business or financial affairs of Borrower, and permit anyofficer, employee or agent of Lender to visit and inspect any of the properties, to examine the minute books, books of account and other records, including management letters prepared by Borrower’s auditors, of Borrower, and make copies thereofor extracts therefrom, and to discuss its and their business affairs, finances and accounts with, and be advised as to the same by, the accountants and officers of Borrower, all at such times and as often as Lender may reasonably require.

 

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**Section 6.9. Maintenance of Property.** Borrower will maintain, keep and preserve all of itsproperties in good repair, working order and condition and from time to time make all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements thereto, so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly conductedat all times. 

 

**Section 6.10. Notification of Events ofDefault and Adverse Developments.** Borrower promptly will notify Lender upon the occurrence of: (i) any Event of Default; (ii) any event which, with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, could constitute an Event of Default; (iii)any event, development or circumstance whereby the financial statements previously furnished to Lender fail in any material respect to present fairly, in accordance with GAAP, the financial condition and operational results of Borrower; (iv) anyjudicial, administrative or arbitration proceeding pending against Borrower, and any judicial or administrative proceeding known by Borrower to be threatened against it which, if adversely decided, could adversely affect its condition (financial orotherwise) or operations (current or prospective) or which may expose Borrower to uninsured liability of $50,000.00 or more; (v) any default claimed by any other creditor for Borrowed Money of Borrower other than Lender; and (vi) any otherdevelopment in the business or affairs of Borrower which may be adverse; in each case describing the nature of the event or development. In the case of notification under clauses (i) and (ii)), Borrower should set forth the action Borrower proposesto take with respect to such event. 

 

**Section 6.11.Employee Benefit Plans.** Borrower will (i) comply with the funding requirements of ERISA with respect to the Plans for its employees, or will promptly satisfy any accumulated funding deficiency that arises under Section 302 of ERISA; (ii)furnish Lender, promptly after filing the same, with copies of all reports or other statements filed with the United States Department of Labor, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or the Internal Revenue Service with respect to all Plans, orwhich Borrower, or any member of a Controlled Group, may receive from such Governmental Authority with respect to any such Plans, and (iii) promptly advise Lender of the occurrence of any Reportable Event or Prohibited Transaction with respect toany such Plan and the action which Borrower proposes to take with respect thereto. Borrower will make all contributions when due with respect to any multi-employer pension plan in which it participates and will promptly advise Lender: (x) upon itsreceipt of notice of the assertion against Borrower of a claim for withdrawal liability; (y) upon the occurrence of any event which could trigger the assertion of a claim for withdrawal liability against Borrower; and (z) upon the occurrence of anyevent which would place Borrower in a Controlled Group as a result of which any member (including Borrower) thereof may be subject to a claim for withdrawal liability, whether liquidated or contingent. 

 

**Section 6.12. Financing Statements.** Borrower shall provide toLender evidence satisfactory to Lender as to the due recording of termination statements, releases of collateral, and Forms UCC-3, and shall cause to be recorded financing statements on Form UCC-1, duly executed by Borrower and Lender, in all placesnecessary to release all existing security interests 

 

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and other liens in the Collateral (other than as permitted by this Agreement) and to perfect and protect Lender’s first priority lien and securityinterest in the Collateral, as Lender may request. 

 

**Section6.13. Financial Records.** Borrower shall keep current and accurate books of records and accounts in which full and correct entries will be made of all of its business transactions, and will reflect in its financial statements adequateaccruals and appropriations is to reserves, all in accordance with GAAP. 

 

**Section 6.14. Collection of Accounts.** Borrower shall continue to collect its Accounts in the ordinary course of business. 

 

**Section 6.15. Places of Business.**Borrower shall give thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to Lender ofany change in the location of any of its places of business, of the places where its records concerning its Accounts are kept, of the places where the Collateral is kept, or of the establishment of any new, or the discontinuance of any existing,places of business. 

 

**Section 6.16. BusinessConducted.** Borrower shall continue in the business currently conducted by it using its best efforts to maintain its customers and goodwill. Borrower shall not engage, directly or indirectly, in any line of business substantially differentfrom the business conducted by it immediately before the Closing Date, or engage in business or lines of business which are not reasonably related thereto without tie prior written consent of Lender, such consent to be withheld or granted based onLenders determination in its sole discretion whether such action would have a detrimental impact on (a) Borrower’s ability to repay the Loan and/or (b) the Lender’s rights in the Collateral. 

 

**Section 6.17. Litigation and Other Proceedings.**Borrower shallgive prompt notice to Lender of any litigation, arbitration, or other proceeding before any Governmental Authority against or affecting Borrower if the amount claimed is more than $50,000.00 for any single claim, or if the amounts at issue in allproceedings pending against Borrower at any point in time exceed $250,000 in the aggregate. 

 

**Section 6.18. Bank Accounts.**Borrower shall assign to Lender all of its depository and disbursement accounts into which collections of Accounts are deposited. 

 

**Section 6.19. Submission of Collateral Documents.** Borrowerwill, on demand of Lender, make available to Lender copies of shipping and delivery receipts evidencing the shipment of goods that gave rise to an Account, medical records, insurance verification forms, assignment of benefits, in-take forms or otherproof of the satisfactory performance of services that gave rise to an Account, a copy of the claim o_ invoice for each Account and copies of any written contract or order from which the Account arose. Borrower shall promptly notify Lender if anAccount becomes evidenced or secured by an instrument or chattel paper and upon request of Lender, will promptly deliver any such instrument or chattel paper to Lender. 

 

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**Section 6.20. Licensure; Medicaid/Medicare Cost Reports.**Borrower will maintain allcertificates of need, provider numbers and licenses necessary to conduct its business as currently conducted, and take any steps required to comply with any such new or additional requirements that may be imposed on providers of medical products andMedical Services. If required, all Medicaid/Medicare cost reports will be properly filed. 

 

**Section 6.21. Officer’s Certificates.**Together with the monthly financial statements delivered pursuant to clause (iii) of Section 6.1, and together with the audited annual financial statementsdelivered pursuant to clause (vi) of that Section, Borrower shall deliver to Lender a certificate of its chief financial officer, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender: 

 

(a) Setting forth the information (including detailed calculations) required to establish whether Borroweris in compliance with the requirements of Articles VI and VII as of the end of the period covered by the financial statements then being furnished; and 

 

(b) Stating that the signer has reviewed the relevant terms of this Agreement, and has made (or caused to be made under his supervision) areview of the transactions and conditions of Borrower from the beginning of the accounting period covered by the income statements being delivered to the date of the certificate, and that such review has not disclosed the existence during suchperiod of any condition or event which constitutes an Event of Default or which is then, or with the passage of time or giving of notice or both, could become an Event of Default, and if any such condition or event existed during such period or nowexists, specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and what action Borrower has taken or proposes to take with respect thereto. 

 

**Section 6.22. Visits and Inspections.** Borrower agrees to permit representatives of Lender, from time to time, as often as may be reasonablyrequested, but only during normal business hours and following reasonable notice to Borrower, to visit and inspect the properties of Borrower, and to inspect, audit and make extracts from its books and records, and discuss with its officers, itsemployees and its independent accountants, Borrower’s business, assets, liabilities, financial condition, business prospects and results of operations, provided that said visits and inspections by Lender do not interfere with Borrower’sdaily operations. 

 

**ARTICLE VII**

 

**NEGATIVE COVENANTS**

 

Borrower covenants and agrees that so long as Borrower may borrow under thisAgreement and until payment in full of the Note and performance of all other obligations of Borrower under the Loan Documents: 

 

**Section 7.1. Borrowing.** Borrower will not create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any liability for Borrowed Money except: (i) indebtednessto Lender; (ii) indebtedness of Borrower 

 

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secured by mortgages, encumbrances or liens expressly permitted by Section 7.3; (iii) accounts payable to trade creditors and current operating expenses(other than for borrowed money) which are not aged more than one hundred twenty (120) days from the billing date or more than thirty (30) days from the due date, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business and paid within such timeperiod, unless the same are being contested in good faith and by appropriate and lawful proceedings, and Borrower shall have set aside such reserves, if any, with respect thereto as are required by GAAP and deemed adequate by Borrower and itsindependent accountants; (iv) borrowings incurred in the ordinary course of its business and not exceeding $10,000.00 in the aggregate outstanding at any one time, (v) capital leases existing as of the date of this Agreement, and (vi) capitalequipment leases entered into following the date of this Agreement provided that the aggregate amount obligated on all such capital equipment leases does not exceed $300,000 per Borrower facility without the prior written consent of Lender Borrowerwill not make prepayments on any existing or future indebtedness for Borrowed Money to any Person (other than Lender, to the extent permitted by this Agreement or any subsequent agreement between Borrower and Lender). 

 

**Section 7.2. Joint Ventures.**Except as specifically describedin Schedule 4.22, Borrower will not invest directly or indirectly in any joint venture for any purpose without the prior written notice to, and the prior written consent of Lender, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. 

 

**Section 7.3. Liens and Encumbrances.**Borrower will notcreate, incur, assume or suffer to exist any mortgage, pledge, lien or other encumbrance of any kind (including the charge upon property purchased under a conditional sale or other title retention agreement) upon, or any security interest in, any ofits Collateral, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except or Permitted Liens. 

 

**Section 7.4. Restriction on Fundamental Changes; No Change in Operation or Control.**Without the prior written consent of Lender, such consent to be withheld or granted based on Lender’sdetermination in its sole discretion whether the requisite following actions would have a material adverse effect on (a) Borrower’s ability to repay the Loan and/or (b) the Lender’s rights in the Collateral, Borrower will not: (i) enterinto any transaction of merger or consolidation; (ii) liquidate, wind-up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution): (iii) convey, sell, lease, sublease, transfer or otherwise dispose of, in one transaction or a series oftransactions, any of its assets, or the capital stock of any subsidiary of Borrower, whether now owned or hereafter acquired; or (iv) acquire by purchase or otherwise all or any substantial part of the business or assets of, or stock or otherevidence of beneficial ownership of, any Person. Borrower agrees that compliance with this Section 7.4 is a material inducement to Lender’s advancing credit under this Agreement and Borrower further agrees that any breach of the terms of thisSection 7.4 shall constitute fraud. Borrower further agrees that in addition to all other remedies available to Lender, Lender shall be entitled to specific enforcement of the covenants in this Section 7.4, including injunctive relief. Consistentwith the foregoing, until the Obligations are repaid in full, Borrower shall not transfer, assign, convey or grant to any other Person the 

 

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right to operate or control any of the facilities listed on Schedule 4.15, whether by lease, sublease, management agreement, joint venture agreementor otherwise. 

 

**Section 7.5. Sale and Leaseback.**Borrower will not, directly or indirectly, enter into any arrangement whereby Borrower sells or transfers all or any part of its assets and thereupon and within one year thereafter rents or leases the assets so sold or transferred without priorwritten notice to and the prior written consent of Lender, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. 

 

**Section 7.6. Dividends, Distributions and Management Fees.** Upon notice from Lender to Borrower of the existence of an Event ofDefault under this Agreement, Borrower will not declare or pay any dividends or other distributions with respect to, purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire for value any of its outstanding stock now or hereafter outstanding, or return any capital ofits stockholders, nor shall Borrower pay management fees or fees of a similar nature to any Person. 

 

**Section 7.7. Loans.** Except for those certain loans to employees of Borrower in the aggregate amount of $265,000, as more fully described onSchedule 7.7, Borrower will not make loans or advances to any Person, other than (i) trade credit extended in the ordinary course of its business, and (ii) advances for business travel and similar temporary advances made in the ordinarycourse of business to officers, stockholders, directors, and employees. 

 

**Section 7.8. Contingent Liabilities.** Borrower will not assume, guarantee, endorse, contingently agree to purchase or otherwise become liable upon the obligation of any Person, except by the endorsement of negotiableinstruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of business. 

 

**Section 7.9. Subsidiaries.** Borrower will not form any subsidiary, or make any investment in or any loan in the nature of an investment to,any other Person. 

 

**Section 7.10. Compliance withERISA.** Borrower will not permit with respect to any Plan covered by Title IV of ERISA any Prohibited Transaction or any Reportable Event. 

 

**Section 7.11. Certificates of Need.**Borrower will not amend, alter or suspend or terminate or make provisional in any material way, anycertificate of need or provider number without the prior written consent of Lender, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. 

 

**Section 7.12. Transactions with Affiliates.** Borrower will not enter into any transaction, including without limitation the purchase, sale,or exchange of property, or the loaning or giving of funds to any Affiliate or subsidiary, except in the ordinary course of business and pursuant to the reasonable requirements of Borrower’s business and upon terms substantially the same and noless favorable to Borrower as it would obtain in a comparable arm’s length transaction with any Person not an Affiliate or subsidiary, and so long as the 

 

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transaction is not otherwise prohibited under this Agreement. For purposes of the foregoing, Lender consents to the transactions described on Schedule7.12. 

 

**Section 7.13. Use of Lender’sName.** Borrower will not use Lender’s name (or the name of any of Lender’s affiliates) in connection with any of its business operations. Borrower may disclose to third parties that Borrower has a borrowing relationship with Lender.Nothing contained in this Agreement is intended to permit or authorize Borrower to make any contract on behalf of Lender. 

 

**Section 7.14. Change in Control.** There shall occur no change in the ownership of Borrower’s capital stock or in Borrower’s capitalstructure which would result in a Change in Control without the prior written consent of Lende_, such consent to be withheld or granted based on Lender’s determination in its sole discretion whether such Change in Control would have adetrimental impact on (a) Borrower’s ability to repay the Loan and/or (b) Lender’s rights in the Collateral. The capital structure of each Borrower is set forth in Schedule 4.17. 

 

**Section 7.15. Contracts and Agreements.**Borrower will notbecome or be a party to any contract or agreement which would breach this Agreement, or breach any other instrument, agreement, or document to which Borrower is a party or by which it is or may be bound. 

 

**Section 7.16. Margin Stock.** Borrower will not carry or purchaseany “margin security” within the meaning of Regulations U, T or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. 

 

**Section 7.17. Truth of Statements and Certificates.** Borrower will not furnish to Lender any certificate or other document that contains anyuntrue statement of a material fact or that omits to state a material fact necessary to make it not misleading in light of the circumstances under which it was furnished. 

 

**ARTICLE VIII**

 

**EVENTS OF DEFAULT**

 

**Section 8.1. Events of Default.** Each of the following (individually, an “Event of Default” and collectively, the “Events ofDefault”) shall constitute an event of default under this Agreement: 

 

(a) A default in the payment of any installment of principal of, or interest upon, the Note and the Secured Term Note when due and payable, whether at maturity or otherwise, or any breach of Section 2.3, which defaultor breach, as applicable, shall have continued unremedied for a period of five (5) Business Days after written notice of the default or breach from Lender to Borrower; 

 

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(b) A default in the payment of any other charges, fees, or other monetary obligationsowing to Lender arising out of or incurred in connection with this Agreement o_ the Mortgage Documents when such payment is due and payable, which default shall have continued unremedied for a period of five (5) Business Days after written notice ofthe default from Lender to Borrower; 

 

(c) Adefault in the due observance or performance by Borrower of any other term, covenant or agreement contained in any of the Loan Documents, which default shall have continued unremedied for a period of ten (10) Business Days after written notice ofthe default from Lender to Borrower; 

 

(d) Anyrepresentation or warranty made by Borrower in this Agreement or in any of the other Loan Documents, any financial statement, or any statement or representation made in any other certificate, report or opinion delivered in connection with thisAgreement or the other Loan Documents proves to have been incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made, which default shall have continued unremedied for a period of ten (10) Business Days after written notice of the default from Lenderto Borrower; 

 

(e) Any obligation of Borrower(other than its Obligations under this Agreement or the Mortgage Documents) for the payment of Borrowed Money is not paid when due or within any applicable grace period, or such obligation becomes or is declared to be due and payable before theexpressed maturity of the obligation, or there shall have occurred an event which, with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would cause any such obligation to become, or allow any such obligation to be declared to be, due and payable;

 

(f) Borrower makes an assignment for thebenefit of creditors, offers a composition or extension to creditors, or makes or sends notice of an intended bulk sale of any business or assets now or hereafter conducted by Borrower; 

 

(g) (i) Borrower files a petition n bankruptcy, (ii) Borrower is adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt,petitions or applies to any tribunal for any receiver of or any trustee for itself or any substantial part of its property, (iii) Borrower commences any proceeding relating to itself under any reorganization, arrangement, readjustment or debt,dissolution or liquidation law or statute of any jurisdiction, whether now or hereafter in effect, (iv) any such proceeding is commenced against Borrower and such proceeding remains undismissed for a period of sixty (60) days, (v) Borrower by anyact indicates its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any such proceeding or the appointment of any receiver of or any trustee for a Borrower or any substantial part of its property, or suffers any such receivership or trusteeship tocontinue undischarged for a period of sixty (60) days; 

 

(h) One or more final judgments against Borrower or attachments against its property not fully and unconditionally covered by insurance shall be rendered by a court of record and shall remain unpaid, unstayed on appeal, undischarged,unbonded and undismissed for a period of twenty (20) days; 

 

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(i) A Reportable Event which might constitute grounds for termination of any Plan coveredby Title IV of ERISA or for the appointment by the appropriate United States District Court of a trustee to administer any such Plan or for the entry of a lien or encumbrance to secure any deficiency, has occurred and is continuing thirty (30) daysafter its occurrence, or any such Plan is terminated, or a trustee is appointed by an appropriate United States District Court to administer any such Plan, or the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation institutes proceedings to terminate any such Planor to appoint a trustee to administer any such Plan, on a lien or encumbrance is entered to secure any deficiency or claim; 

 

(j) There shall occur a Change of Control with respect to any Borrower and Borrower has not complied with the provisions set forth inSection 7.14 above; 

 

(k) There shall occur anyuninsured damage to or loss, theft or destruction of any portion of the Collateral that exceeds $50,000 in the aggregate; 

 

(1) Borrower breaches or violates the terms of, or a default or an event which could, whether with notice or the passage of time, or both,constitute a default, occurs under any other existing or future agreement (related or unrelated) between Borrower and Lender; 

 

(m) Upon the issuance of any execution or distraint process against Borrower or any of its property or assets; 

 

(n) Borrower ceases any material portion of its businessoperations as currently conducted; 

 

(o) Anyindication or evidence is received by Lender that Borrower may have directly or indirectly been engaged in any type of activity which, in Lender’s discretion, may result in the forfeiture of any property of Borrower to any GovernmentalAuthority, which default shall have continued unremedied for a period of ten (10) Business Days after written notice from Lender; 

 

(p) Borrower or any Affiliate of Borrower, shall challenge or contest, in any action, suit or proceeding, the validity or enforceabilityof this Agreement, or any of the other Loan Documents, the legality or the enforceability of any of the Obligations or the perfection or priority of any Lien granted to Lender; 

 

(q) Borrower shall be criminally indicted or convicted under any law that could lead to a forfeiture of anyCollateral; or 

 

(r) There shall occur amaterial adverse change in the financial condition or business prospects of Borrower which default shall have continued unremedied for a period of ten (10) Business Days after written notice from Lender. 

 

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(s) Borrower shall have breached any of its covenants or obligations under the Warrant.

 

(t) Borrower shall have prepaid in full orotherwise terminated the Secured Term Note. 

 

**Section 8.2.Acceleration.** Upon the occurrence of any of the foregoing Events of Default, the Note shall become and be immediately due and payable upon declaration to that effect delivered by Lender to Borrower; provided that, upon the happening ofany event specified in Section 8.1 (g), the Note shall be immediately due and payable without declaration or other notice to Borrower. 

 

**Section 8.3. Remedies.**

 

(a) Upon the occurrence of and during the continuance of an Event of Default under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, Lender, inaddition to all other rights, options, and remedies granted to Lender under this Agreement or at law or in equity, may take any of the following steps (which list is given by way of example and is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all suchrights and remedies): 

 

(i) Terminate the Loan,whereupon all outstanding Obligations (including without limitation the Termination Fee which fee shall also be due and payable upon acceleration hereunder) shall be immediately due and payable; 

 

(ii) Exercise all other rights granted to it under thisAgreement and all rights under the UCC in effect in the applicable jurisdiction(s) and under any other applicable law; and 

 

(iii) Exercise all rights and remedies under all Loan Documents now or hereafter in effect, including but not limited to: 

 

(A) The right to take possession of, send noticesregarding, and collect directly the Collateral, with or without judicial process; 

 

(B) The right to (by its own means or with judicial assistance) enter any of Borrower’s premises and take possession of theCollateral, or render it unusable, or dispose of the Collateral on such premises in compliance with subsection (C) below, without any liability for rent, storage, utilities; or other sums, and Borrower shall not resist or interfere with such action;

 

(C) The right to require Borrower atBorrower’s expense to assemble all or any part of the Collateral and make it available to Lender at any place designated by Lender; and 

 

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(D) The right to reduce the Maximum Loan Amount or to use the Collateral and/or funds inthe Concentration Account in amounts up to the Maximum Loan Amount for any reason. 

 

(b) Borrower agrees that a notice received by it at least ten (10) days before the time of any intended public sale, or the time afterwhich any private sale or other disposition of the Collateral is to be made, shall be deemed to be reasonable notice of such sale or other disposition. If permitted by applicable law, any perishable Collateral which threatens to speedily decline invalue or which is sold on a recognized market may be sold immediately by Lender without prior notice to Borrower. At any sale or disposition of Collateral, Lender may (to the extent permitted by applicable law) purchase all or any part of theCollateral, free from any right of redemption by Borrower, which right is hereby waived and released. Borrower covenant; and agrees not to interfere with or impose any obstacle to Lender’s exercise of its rights and remedies with respect to theCollateral. 

 

**Section 8.4. Nature of Remedies.**Lender shall have the right to proceed against all or any portion of the Collateral to satisfy in any order (i) the liabilities and Obligations of Borrower to Lender or any Affiliate of Lender under this Agreement, or any other loan documentsevidencing financings provided to Borrower, or (ii) the liabilities and Obligations of Borrower to Lender or any Affiliate of Lender under the Mortgage Documents. All rights and remedies granted Lender under this Agreement and under any agreementreferred to in this Agreement, or otherwise available at law or in equity, shall be deemed concurrent and cumulative, and not alternative remedies, and Lender may proceed with any number of remedies at the same time until the Loans, and all otherexisting and future liabilities and obligations of Borrower to Lender, are satisfied in full. The exercise of any one right or remedy shall not be deemed a waiver or release of any other right or remedy, and Lender, upon the occurrence of an Eventof Default, may proceed against Borrower, and/or the Collateral, at any time, under any agreement, with any available remedy and in any order. 

 

**ARTICLE IX**

 

**MISCELLANEOUS**

 

**Section 9.1. Expenses and Taxes.**

 

(a) Borrower agrees to pay, whether or not the Closing occurs, a reasonable documentation preparation fee, together with actual audit andappraisal fees and all other reasonable out-of-pocket charges and expenses incurred by Lender in connection with the negotiation, preparation, legal review and execution of each of the Loan Documents, including but not limited to UCC and judgmentlien searches and UCC filings and fees for post-Closing UCC and judgment lien searches. In addition, Borrower shall pay all such fees associated with any amendments to the Loan Documents following Closing. 

 

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(b) Borrower also agrees to pay all out-of-pocket charges and expenses incurred by Lender(including the fees and expenses of Lender’s counsel) in connection with the enforcement, protection or preservation of any right or claim of Lender, the termination of this Agreement, the termination of any liens of Lender on the Collateral,and the collection of any amounts due under the Loan Documents. If Lender uses in-house counsel for any of these purposes (i.e., for any task in connection with the enforcement, protection or preservation of any right or claim of Lender and thecollection of any amounts due under its Loan Documents), Borrower further agrees that its Obligations under the Loan Documents include reasonable charges for such work commensurate with the fees that would otherwise be charged by outside legalcounsel selected by Lender for the work performed. 

 

(c) Borrower shall pay all taxes (other than taxes based upon or measured by Lender’s income or revenues or any personal property tax), if any, in connection with the issuance of the Note and the recording of the security documentstherefor. The obligations of Borrower under this clause (c) shall survive the payment of Borrower’s indebtedness under this Agreement and the termination of this Agreement. 

 

**Section 9.2. Entire Agreement; Amendments.** This Agreement and the other Loan Documents constitute the full andentire understanding and agreement among the parties with regard to their subject matter and supersede all prior written or oral agreements, understandings, representations and warranties made with respect thereto. No amendment, supplement ormodification of this Agreement nor any waiver of any provision thereof shall be made except in writing executed by the party against whom enforcement is sought. 

 

**Section 9.3. No Waiver; Cumulative Rights.** No waiver by any party to this Agreement of any one or more defaults by the other party in theperformance of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall operate or be construed as a waiver of any future default or defaults, whether of a like or different nature. No failure or delay on the part of any party in exercising any right, power orremedy under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver of such right, power or remedy nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or remedy preclude any other or further exercise of such right, power or remedy or the exercise ofany other right, power or remedy. The remedies provided for in this Agreement are cumulative and are not exclusive of any remedies that may be available to any party to this Agreement at law, in equity or otherwise. 

 

**Section 9.4. Notices.** Any notice or other communicationrequired or permitted under this Agreement shall be in writing and personally delivered, mailed by registered or certified mail (return receipt requested and postage prepaid), sent by telecopier (with a confirming copy 

 

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sent by regular mail), or sent by prepaid overnight courier service, and addressed to the relevant party at its address set forth below, or at such otheraddress as such party may, by written notice, designate as its address for purposes of notice under this Agreement: 

 
 (a)If to Lender, at: 
 
     Heller Healthcare Finance, inc.      2 Wisconsin Circle, 4th Floor      Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815      Attention: Steven M. Curwin, Deputy General Counsel      Telephone: (301) 961-1640      Telecopier: (301) 664-9866 
 
 (b)If to Borrower, at: 
 
     c/o Healthmont, Inc.      Gateway Building, Suite 310      Brentwood, Tennessee 37027      Attn: President      Telephone: 615-309-6900      Telecopy: 615-309-6901 
 

If mailed, notice shall be deemed to be given five (5) days after being sent, and if sent by personal delivery, telecopier or prepaid courier, notice shall be deemed to be given when delivered. 

 

**Section 9.5. Severability.** If any term, covenant or conditionor this Agreement, or the application of such term, covenant or condition to any party or circumstance shall be found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be, to any extent, invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement and theapplication of such term, covenant, or condition to parties or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid or unenforceable, shall not be affected thereby, and each term, covenant or condition shall be valid and enforced to thefullest extent permitted by law. Upon determination that any such term is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, Lender may, but is not obligated to, advance funds to Borrower under this Agreement until the parties to this Agreement amend this Agreementso as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in a valid and enforceable manner. 

 

**Section 9.6. Successors and Assigns.**This Agreement, the Note, and the other Loan Documents shall be binding upon and inure to the benefitof Borrower and Lender and their respective successors and assigns. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Borrower may not assign any of its rights or delegate any of its obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of Lender, whichmay be withheld in its sole discretion. Lender may sell, assign, 

 

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transfer, or participate any or all of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without notice to or consent of Borrower. 

 

**Section 9.7. Counterparts.** This Agreement may be executed inany number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute but one instrument. 

 

**Section 9.8. Interpretation.** No provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be interpreted or construed against any partybecause that party or its legal representative drafted that provision. The titles of the paragraphs of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement. Any pronoun used in this Agreementshall be deemed to include singular and plural and masculine, feminine and neuter gender as the case may be. The words “herein,” “hereof,’” and “hereunder” shall be deemed to refer to this entire Agreement, exceptas the context otherwise requires. 

 

**Section 9.9. Survivalof Terms.** All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made in this Agreement, any other Loan Document, and in any certificates and other instruments delivered in connection with this Agreement shall be considered to have beenrelied upon by Lender and shall survive the making by Lender of the Loans contemplated by this Agreement and the execution and delivery to Lender of the Note, and shall continue in full force and effect until all liabilities and obligations ofBorrower to Lender are satisfied in full. 

 

**Section 9.10.Release of Lender.** For and in consideration of the Loan, Borrower, voluntarily, knowingly, unconditionally, and irrevocably, with specific and express intent, for and on behalf of itself and its agents, attorneys, heirs, successors, andassigns (collectively the “Releasing Parties”) does hereby fully and completely release, acquit and forever discharge Lender, and its successors, assigns, heirs, affiliates, subsidiaries, parent companies, principals, directors, officers,employees, shareholders and agents (hereinafter called the “Lender Parties”); and any other person, firm, business, corporation, insurer, or association which may be responsible or liable for the acts or omissions of the Lender Parties, orwho may be liable for the injury or damage resulting therefrom (collectively the “Released Parties”), of and from any and all actions, causes of action, suits, debts, disputes, damages, claims, obligations, liabilities, costs, expenses anddemands of any kind whatsoever, at law or in equity, whether matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, vested or contingent, choate or inchoate, known or unknown that the Releasing Parties (or any of them) have, whether now or in the future,(whether directly or indirectly) against the Released Parties or any of them. The Borrower acknowledges that the foregoing release is a material inducement __ Lender’s decision to extend to Borrower the financial accommodations hereunder andhas been relied upon by Lender in agreeing to make the Loan. 

 

**Section 9.11. Time.** Whenever Borrower is required to make any payment or perform any act on a Saturday, Sunday, or a legal holiday under the laws of the State of Maryland (__ other jurisdiction where Borrower is required tomake the payment or perform the act), the 

 

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payment may be made or the act performed on the next Business Day. Time is of the essence in Borrower’s performance under this Agreement and all otherLoan Documents. 

 

**Section 9.12. Commissions.** Thetransaction contemplated by this Agreement was brought about by Lender and Borrower acting as principals and without any brokers, agents, or finders being the effective procuring cause. Borrower represents that it has not committed Lender to thepayment of any brokerage fee, commission, or charge in connection with this transaction. If any such claim is made on Lender by any broker, finder, or agent or other person. Borrower will indemnify, defend, and hold Lender harmless from and againstthe claim and will defend any action to recover on that claim, at Borrower’s cost and expense, including Lender’s counsel fees. Borrower further agrees that until any such claim or demand is adjudicated in Lender’s favor, the amountdemanded will be deemed a liability of Borrower under this Agreement, secured by the Collateral. 

 

**Section 9.13. Third Parties.** No lights are intended to be created under this Agreement or under any other Loan Document for the benefit ofany third party donee, creditor, or incidental beneficiary of Borrower. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as a delegation to Lender of Borrower’s duty of performance, including without limitation Borrower’s dutiesunder any account or contract in which Lender has a security interest. 

 

**Section 9.14. Discharge of Borrower’s Obligations.** Lender, in its sole discretion, shall have the right at any time, and from time to time, without prior notice to Borrower if Borrower fails to do so, to: (i) obtaininsurance covering any of the Collateral as required under this Agreement; (ii) pay for the performance of any of Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement; (iii) discharge taxes, liens, security interests, or other encumbrances at any timelevied or placed on any of the Collateral in violation of this Agreement unless Borrower is in good faith with due diligence by appropriate proceedings contesting those items; and (iv) pay for the maintenance and preservation of any of theCollateral. Expenses and advances shall be added to the Loan, until reimbursed to Lender and shall be secured by the Collateral. Any such payments and advances by Lender shall not be construed as a waiver by Lender of an Event of Default.

 

**Section 9.15. Information to Participants.**Lender may divulge to any participant it may obtain in the Loan, or any portion of the Loan, all information, and furnish to such participant copies of reports, financial statements, certificates, and documents obtained under any provision ofthis Agreement or any other Loan Document. 

 

**Section 9.16.Indemnity.** Borrower hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Lender, its partners, officers, agents and employees (collectively, “Indemnitee”) from and against any liability, loss, cost, expense, claim, damage, suit, actionor proceeding ever suffered or incurred by Lender (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) arising from Borrower’s failure to observe, perform or discharge any of its covenants, obligations, agreements or duties under thisAgreement, or from the breach of any of the representations or warranties contained in Article IV of this Agreement. In addition, Borrower shall defend Indemnitee against 

 

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and save it harmless from all claims of any Person with respect to the Collateral. Notwithstanding any contrary provision in this Agreement, the obligationof Borrower under this Section 9.16 shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of thisAgreement. 

 

**Section 9.17. Lender Approvals.**Unless expressly provided herein to the contrary, any approval, consent, waiver or satisfaction of Lender with respect to any matter that is the subject of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents may be granted or withheld by Lender in its soleand absolute discretion. 

 

**Section 9.17. Choice of Law;Consent to Jurisdiction. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND, WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY OTHERWISE APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS. IF ANY ACTION ARISING OUTOF THIS AGREEMENT OR THE NOTE IS COMMENCED BY LENDER IN THE STATE COURTS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND OR IN THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND, BORROWER HEREBY CONSENTS TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT IN ANY SUCH ACTION AND TOTHE LAYING OF VENUE IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND. ANY PROCESS IN ANY SUCH ACTION SHALL BE DULY SERVED IF MAILED BY REGISTERED MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID, TO BORROWER AT ITS ADDRESS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 9.4. OR IF SERVED BY ANY OTHER MEANS PERMITTED BYAPPLICABLE LAW.**

 

**Section 9.18. Cooperation inDiscovery and Litigation. In any litigation, trial, arbitration or other dispute resolution proceeding relating to this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, all directors, officers, employees and agents of Borrower or of its Affiliatesshall be deemed to be employees or managing agents of Borrower for purposes of all applicable law or court rules regarding the production of witnesses by notice for testimony (whether in a deposition, at trial or otherwise). Borrower will use allcommercially reasonable efforts to produce in any such dispute resolution proceeding, at the time and in the manner requested by Lender, all Persons, documents (whether in tangible, electronic or other form) or other things under its control andrelating to the dispute in any jurisdiction that recognizes that (or any similar) distinction.**

 

**Section 9.19. Waiver of Trial by Jury. BORROWER HEREBY (A) COVENANTS AND AGREES NOT TO ELECT A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY ISSUE TRIABLE OF RIGHT BY AJURY, AND (B) WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY FULLY TO THE EXTENT THAT ANY SUCH RIGHT SHALL NOW OR HEREAFTER EXIST THIS WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IS SEPARATELY GIVEN, KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY, BY BORROWER, AND THIS WAIVER IS INTENDED TOENCOMPASS INDIVIDUALLY EACH INSTANCE AND EACH ISSUE AS TO WHICH THE RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL WOULD OTHERWISE ACCRUE. LENDER IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND REQUESTED TO SUBMIT THIS**

 

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**AGREEMENT TO ANY COURT HAVING JURISDICTION OVER THE SUBJECT MATTER AND THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT, SO AS TO SERVE AS CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE OFBORROWER’S WAIVER OF THE RIGHT TO JURY TRIAL, FURTHER, BORROWER HEREBY CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE OR AGENT OF LENDER (INCLUDING LENDER’S COUNSEL) HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, TO BORROWER THAT LENDER WILL NOT SEEK TOENFORCE THIS WAIVER OF RIGHT TO JURY TRIAL PROVISION.**

 

**Section 9.20. Confession of Judgment. BORROWER AUTHORIZES ANY ATTORNEY ADMITTED TO PRACTICE BEFORE ANY COURT OF RECORD IN THE UNITED STATES OR THE CLERK OF SUCH COURT TO APPEAR ON BEHALF OF BORROWER IN ANY COURT IN ONE OR MOREPROCEEDINGS, OR BEFORE ANY CLERK THEREOF OF PROTHONOTARY OR OTHER COURT OFFICIAL, AND TO CONFESS JUDGMENT AGAINST BORROWER IN FAVOR OF LENDER IN THE FULL AMOUNT DUE ON THIS AGREEMENT (INCLUDING PRINCIPAL, ACCRUED INTEREST AND ANY AND ALL CHARGES,FEES AND COSTS) PLUS ATTORNEYS’ FEES EQUAL TO FIFTEEN PERCENT (15%) OF THE AMOUNT DUE, PLUS COURT COSTS, ALL WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE OR OPPORTUNITY OF BORROWER FOR PRIOR HEARING. BORROWER AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT VENUE AND JURISDICTION SHALL BEPROPER IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ANY COUNTY OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND OR OF BALTIMORE CITY, MARYLAND, OR IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND. BORROWER WAIVES THE BENEFIT OF ANY AND EVERY STATUTE, ORDINANCE, OR RULE OF COURTWHICH MAY BE LAWFULLY WAIVED CONFERRING UPON BORROWER ANY RIGHT OR PRIVILEGE OF EXEMPTION, HOMESTEAD RIGHTS, STAY OF EXECUTION, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCEEDINGS, OR OTHER RELIEF FROM THE ENFORCEMENT OR IMMEDIATE ENFORCEMENT OF A JUDGMENT OR RELATEDPROCEEDINGS ON A JUDGMENT. THE AUTHORITY AND POWER TO APPEAR FOR AND ENTER JUDGMENT AGAINST BORROWER SHALL NOT BE EXHAUSTED BY ONE OR MORE EXERCISES THEREOF, OR BY ANY IMPERFECT EXERCISE THEREOF, AND SHALL NOT BE EXTINGUISHED BY ANY JUDGMENT ENTEREDPURSUANT THERETO; SUCH AUTHORITY AND POWER MAY BE EXERCISED ON ONE OR MORE OCCASIONS FROM TIME TO TIME, IN THE SAME OR DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS, AS OFTEN AS LENDER SHALL DEEM NECESSARY, CONVENIENT, OR PROPER.**

 

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**IN WITNESS WHEREOF,** the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date firstwritten above 

 
**LENDER:****HELLER HEALTHCARE FINANCE, INC.**
a Delaware corporation
By:    
Name:
  
Title:
  
 
**BORROWER:**  **HEALTHMONT, INC.**  
a Tennessee corporation
  By: /s/    TIMOTHY S. HILL          
(Seal)
    
Name:
 **Timothy S. Hill**  
Its:
 **CEO**  
 
**HEALTHMONT OF GEORGIA, INC.**  
a Tennessee corporation
  By: /s/    TIMOTHY S. HILL          
(Seal)
    
Name:
 **Timothy S. Hill**  
Its:
 **President**  
 
**HEALTHMONT OF TEXAS, INC.**  
a Tennessee corporation
  By: /s/    TIMOTHY S. HILL          
(Seal)
    
Name:
 **Timothy S. Hill**  
Its:
 **President**  
 

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**HEALTHMONT OF TEXAS I, LLC**  
a Tennessee limited liability company
  By: /s/    TIMOTHY S. HILL          
(Seal)
    
Name:
 **Timothy S. Hill**  
Its:
 **Chief Manager**  
 
**HEALTHMONT OF OREGON I, INC.**  
a Tennessee corporation
  By: /s/    TIMOTHY S. HILL          
(Seal)
    
Name:
 **Timothy S. Hill**  
Its:
 **President**  
 
**HEALTHMONT OF OREGON II, INC.**  
a Tennessee corporation
  By: /s/    TIMOTHY S. HILL          
(Seal)
    
Name:
 **Timothy S. Hill**  
Its:
 **President**  
 
**HEALTHMONT OF OREGON III, INC.**  
a Tennessee corporation
  By: /s/    TIMOTHY S. HILL          
(Seal)
    
Name:
 **Timothy S. Hill**  
Its:
 **President**  
 
**HEALTHMONT OF OREGON IV, LLC**  
a Tennessee limited liability company
  By: /s/    TIMOTHY S. HILL          
(Seal)
    
Name:
 **Timothy S. Hill**  
Its:
 **Chief Manager**  
 
**HEALTHMONT OF OREGON V, LLC**  
a Tennessee limited liability company
  By: /s/    TIMOTHY S. HILL          
(Seal)
    
Name:
 **Timothy S. Hill**  
Its:
 **Chief Manager**  
 

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